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DELIVERED  IN  THE  SENATE  AND 
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THE  UNITED  STATES  in  Memory  of 

WILLIAM  B.  McKINLEY 

LATE  A  SENATOR  FROM 
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Proceedings  in  the  Senate:  Pa«e 

Prayer  by  Rev.  J.  J.  Muir 1,4 

Memorial  address  by — 

Mr.  Charles  S.  Deneen,  of  Illinois 5 

Mr.  Francis  E.  Warren,  of  Wyoming 11 

Mr.  Arthur  Capper,  of  Kansas 13 

Mr.  William  J.  Harris,  of  Georgia 17 

Mr.  Joseph  T.  Robinson,  of  Arkansas 20 

Proceedings  in  the  House 29 

Prayer  by  Rev.  R.  R.  James _.  31 

Memorial  address  by — 

Mr.  Martin  R.  Madden,  of  Illinois 33 

Mr.  Edward  E.  Denison,  of  Rlinois 37 

Mr.  Charles  Adkins,  of  niinois 43 

Mr.  Alben  W.  Rarkley,  of  Kentucky 46 

Mr.  Theodore  E.  Rurton,  of  Ohio 51 

Mr.  Andrew  J.  Montague,  of  Virginia 54 

Mr.  William  E.  Hull,  of  Illinois 65 

Mr.  Tom  Connally,  of  Texas _  67 

Mr.  Carl  R.  Chindblom,  of  Illinois 71 

Mr.  William  W.  Arnold,  of  Illinois 74 

Mr.  Richard  Yates,  of  Rlinois _  78 

Mr.  Adolph  J.  Sabath,  of  Illinois 86 

Mr.  Henry  R.  Rathbone,  of  Illinois 90 

Mr.  Fred  A.  Rritten,  of  Illinois 95 

Mr.  Tom  D.  McKeown,  of  Oklahoma 97 


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Wednesday,  December  8,  1926. 
The  Chaplain,  Rev.  J.  J.  Muir,  D.  D.,  offered  the 
following  prayer : 

Our  heavenly  Father,  we  come  to  Thee  this  morning 
with  shadows  about  us.  We  realize  that  one  has 
passed  from  earthly  scenes.  We  fail  to  understand 
Thy  dealings.  There  are  times  when  we  would  know 
and  we  shall  know.  Minister,  we  beseech  of  Thee,  to 
that  family  yonder.  We  think  of  the  honored  Mem- 
ber of  this  high  body  of  men  devoted  to  best  interests. 
Comfort  the  sorrowing  hearts.  May  each  life  be 
stayed  on  Thee  and  out  of  the  shadows  may  there 
come  the  promise  of  the  morning  fullness. 

Remember  any  who  are  in  sorrow.  Minister  to  each 
heart,  we  beseech  of  Thee,  and  may  we  hear  the 
voice  divine  saying,  "  What  I  do  thou  knowest  not 
now,  but  thou  shall  know  hereafter."  May  we  be  true 
to  Thee,  our  Father,  and  however  long  or  short  may 
be  our  stay  on  this  earthly  scene  may  we  make  it 
evident  that  the  highest  purpose  of  our  being  is  to 
honor  Thee  and  to  bless  mankind.  We  ask  every 
favor  in  Christ  Jesus'  name.   Amen. 

Mr.  Deneen.  Mr.  President,  it  is  my  sad  duty 
formally  to  announce  to  the  Senate  that  yesterday 
afternoon  my  late  colleague,  the  Hon.  William 
Brown  McKinley,  died  at  Martinsville,  Ind.,  after 
a  lingering  illness  of  nearly  eight  months. 

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MEMORIAL    ADDRESSES 


Senator  McKjnley  served  with  distinction  for  14 
years  in  the  House  of  Representatives  and  nearly 
6  years  in  the  Senate.  This  is  not  the  proper  time 
to  speak  of  the  services  he  rendered  to  the  State 
of  Illinois  and  to  the  country,  nor  to  refer  to  the 
fine  qualities  of  his  character  and  the  esteem  in 
which  he  was  held  by  his  associates  in  Congress. 
At  another  time  I  shall  ask  that  a  day  be  set  aside 
upon  which  proper  tribute  may  be  paid  to  his 
memory.  For  the  present  I  offer  the  resolutions 
which  I  send  to  the  desk  and  ask  unanimous 
consent  for  their  immediate  consideration. 

The  resolutions  (S.  Res.  284)  were  read,  con- 
sidered by  unanimous  consent,  and  unanimously 
agreed  to,  as  follows: 

Resolved,  That  the  Senate  has  heard  with  deep 
regret  and  profound  sorrow  the  announcement  of  the 
death  of  Hon.  William  B.  McKinley,  late  a  Senator 
from  the  State  of  Illinois. 

Resolved,  That  a  committee  of  15  Senators  be 
appointed  by  the  Vice  President  to  take  order  for 
superintending  the  funeral  of  the  deceased  Senator. 

Resolved,  That  the  Secretary  communicate  these 
resolutions  to  the  House  of  Representatives  and  trans- 
mit a  copy  thereof  to  the  family  of  the  deceased. 

The  Vice  President  appointed  as  the  committee 
under  the  second  resolution  Mr.  Deneen,  Mr. 
Robinson  of  Arkansas,  Mr.  Moses,  Mr.  Overman, 
Mr.  McNary,  Mr.  Fletcher,  Mr.  Shortridge,  Mr. 
Ashurst,  Mr.  Weller,  Mr.  Broussard,  Mr.  Fess,  Mr. 
Harris,  Mr.  Ernst,  Mr.  Stephens,  and  Mr.  Tyson. 

Mr.  Deneen.  Mr.  President,  as  a  further  mark  of 
respect  to  the  memory  of  my  deceased  colleague, 
I  move  that  the  Senate  do  now  adjourn. 

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WILLIAM    B.    McKINLEY 


The  motion  was  unanimously  agreed  to;  and  (at 
12  o'clock  and  5  minutes  p.  m.)  the  Senate  ad- 
journed until  to-morrow,  Thursday,  December  9, 
1926,  at  12  o'clock  meridian. 


Thursday,  December  9,  1926. 
A  message  from  the  House  of  Representatives, 
by  Mr.  Chaffee,  one  of  its  clerks,  communicated  to 
the  Senate  the  resolutions  of  the  House  unani- 
mously adopted  as  a  tribute  to  the  memory  of  Hon. 
William  Brown  McKinley,  late  a  Senator  from  the 
State  of  Illinois. 


Saturday,  February  5,  1927. 
Mr.  Deneen  submitted  a  resolution  (S.  Res.  344), 
which  was  considered  by  unanimous  consent  and 
agreed  to: 

Resolved,  That  Sunday,  February  27,  1927,  be  set 
aside  for  memorial  addresses  on  the  life,  character, 
and  public  services  of  the  Hon.  William  B.  McKinley, 
late  a  Senator  from  the  State  of  Illinois. 


Monday,  February  7, 1927. 
A  message  from  the  House  of  Representatives, 
by  Mr.  Haltigan,  one  of  its  clerks,  announced  that 
the  House  had  passed  resolutions  (H.  Res.  411) 
adopted  as  a  tribute  to  the  memory  of  Hon.  Charles 
E.  Fuller,  late  a  Representative  from  the  State  of 
Illinois,  and  Hon.  William  B.  McKinley,  late  a 
Senator  from  the  State  of  Illinois. 

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Sunday,  February  27, 1927. 

The  Senate  met  at  10  o'clock  and  30  minutes 
a.  m. 

The  Chaplain,  Rev.  J.  J.  Muir,  D.  D.,  offered  the 
following  prayer: 

Gracious  Father,  not  only  in  the  sunshine  but  in 
the  shadow  Thou  art  always  accessible  to  the  needy 
heart;  and  when  sorrow  comes  we  find  that  Thou 
hath  for  us  infinite  comfort. 

Regard,  we  beseech  of  Thee,  the  gathering  at  this 
morning  h>ur  as  we  think  of  those  who  have  passed 
hence  but  have  left  records  behind  them.  Comfort, 
we  beseech  Thee,  bereaved  lives.  Give  unto  each,  we 
ask,  the  consolation  that  has  in  it  infinite  satisfaction. 

The  Lord  our  God  lead  us  through  all  the  pathway 
of  duty,  and  help  us  to  understand  much  more  clearly 
the  importance  of  serving  our  generation  by  Thy  will. 

Hear  and  help  us,  and  may  we  be  freighted  with 
the  obligation  that  to  do  Thy  will  is  to  honor  Thee 
and  to  receive  Thy  "  well  done  "  at  last.  We  ask  in 
Jesus'  name.   Amen. 

Mr.  Deneen.  Mr.  President,  I  send  to  the  desk 
resolutions  and  ask  for  their  consideration. 

The  Vice  President.  The  Clerk  will  read  the 
resolutions. 

The  resolutions  (S.  Res.  376)  were  read  and  con- 
sidered by  unanimous  consent  as  follows: 

Resolved,  That  the  Senate  has  heard  with  profound 
sorrow  of  the  death  of  Hon.  William  B.  McKinley, 
late  a  Senator  from  the  State  of  Illinois. 

Resolved,  That  as  a  mark  of  respect  to  the  memory 
of  the  deceased  the  business  of  the  Senate  be  now 
suspended  to  enable  his  associates  to  pay  tribute  to 
his  high  character  and  distinguished  public  services. 

Resolved,  That  the  Secretary  communicate  these 
resolutions  to  the  House  of  Representatives  and  com- 
municate a  copy  thereof  to  the  family  of  the  deceased. 

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WILLIAM    B.    McKINLEY 


atobrea*  fop  Senator  Beneen 

Of  Illinois 

Mr.  President:  William  Brown  McKinley  was 
born  at  Petersburg,  111.,  on  September  5,  1856,  and 
passed  away  on  December  7,  1926. 

Some  interesting  facts  about  his  ancestors  are 
that  the  members  of  the  Caldwell  branch  of  his 
family  were  forced  to  leave  France  for  political 
reasons  about  1500  and  settled  near  Solway  Firth, 
Scotland,  where  they  remained  until  they  went 
with  Cromwell  to  Ireland.  Cromwell's  wife  was 
Anne  Caldwell.  About  1630  the  Caldwell  family 
came  to  America  and  settled  in  Virginia.  Senator 
McKinley's  great-grandfather,  James  Caldwell, 
was  one  of  the  founders  of  Princeton  University. 
Both  he  and  his  wife  were  killed  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary War.  His  grandfather,  Robert  Finley,  at 
one  time  was  president  of  the  University  of 
Georgia.  Senator  McKinley's  father,  the  Rev. 
George  McKinley,  and  his  mother,  Hannah  Finley, 
had  advantages  for  educational  training  unusual 
for  their  times.  Senator  McKinley  acquired  his 
education  in  the  public  schools,  and  under  the 
tutelage  of  his  father  and  at  the  University  of 
Illinois. 

He  began  his  business  career  at  an  early  age. 
After  serving  as  clerk  for  two  years  in  a  drug  store 
at  Springfield,  111.,  he  removed  to  Champaign  and 

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was  employed  by  an  uncle  in  the  farm-mortgage 
business.  In  a  few  years  he  achieved  a  partner- 
ship in  the  business.  The  new  firm  opened  up 
branch  offices  in  Hastings,  Nebr.,  and  in  McPher- 
son,  Kans.  During  the  hard  times  thereafter  in 
Nebraska  and  Kansas,  the  clients  of  the  Senator's 
firm  lost  considerable  money.  Some  time  ago 
Senator  McKinley  stated  to  a  friend  that  he  spent 
all  he  could  earn  and  save  between  1893  and  1903 
in  reimbursing  the  people  who  had  bought  farm 
loans  from  his  firm.  The  loans  were  all  made 
good. 

But  Senator  McKinley's  business  career  related 
chiefly  to  his  building  and  managing  public  util- 
ities. Before  he  was  30  years  of  age  he  planned 
and  built  the  waterworks  system  of  Champaign, 
where  he  resided.  In  1896  he  began  building  the 
traction  system  at  Joliet.  Later  he  purchased  and 
modernized  the  street  railway  lines  in  Quincy  and 
in  Galesburg  and  the  interurban  line  between 
Galesburg  and  Knoxville,  111.  In  1901  he  pur- 
chased the  street-car  lines  in  Danville,  which 
became  the  nucleus  of  the  Illinois  traction  system, 
which  was  familiarly  known  as  the  McKinley  lines. 
At  first  spur  lines  were  built  from  Danville  to  near- 
by mining  towns;  then  from  Danville  to  Cham- 
paign; then  to  Decatur  and  Springfield;  then  to 
St.  Louis,  Mo.  In  1910  he  completed  and  dedicated 
the  great  McKinley  Bridge  spanning  the  Mississippi 
River  at  St.  Louis.  This  gave  independent  entrance 
for    the    McKinlev   lines    into    the    metropolis    of 

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WILLIAM    B.    Mc KIN LEY 


Missouri.  While  developing  this  vast  interurban 
system  Senator  McKinley  was  acquiring  and  mod- 
ernizing a  group  of  local  public  utilities  serving 
cities  of  five  Mid-Western  States  with  electricity 
and  gas  and  transportation. 

Senator  McKinley  was  elected  a  trustee  of  the 
University  of  Illinois  in  1902.  He  was  elected  to 
Congress  in  1904  as  a  Representative  of  the 
nineteenth  congressional  district  of  Illinois  and 
served  until  1921,  with  the  exception  of  the  Sixty- 
third  Congress.  He  was  elected  to  the  Senate  in 
1920. 

The  Senator  gave  the  same  close  attention  to  the 
affairs  of  government  that  had  made  him  so 
successful  in  his  private  business.  He  was  patient 
and  painstaking  in  informing  himself  about  the 
work  of  Congress  and  the  various  departments. 
He  was  particularly  interested  in  all  matters  which 
related  to  the  business  of  the  Government,  its  fiscal 
policies,  trade  relations,  and  foreign  affairs.  He 
served  faithfully  on  important  committees,  and  his 
opinions  and  judgment  were  highly  respected  by 
his  colleagues  and  had  great  influence  in  shaping 
public  policies. 

Senator  McKinley  had  a  great  fund  of  informa- 
tion about  the  Government's  affairs,  gathered  from 
personal  contact.  He  traveled  widely  throughout 
the  country  to  investigate  matters  pending  in 
Congress  affecting  different  localities,  sections,  and 
regions.  In  this  way  he  gathered  invaluable 
knowledge  from  observation  and  personal  contact 
with  people. 

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His  quest  for  knowledge  about  people  and  their 
governments,  their  manner  of  life,  their  attitude 
toward  each  other  and  toward  foreign  nations  led 
him  to  travel  extensively  throughout  the  globe. 
Thirty  times  he  crossed  the  Atlantic  and  three 
times  he  encircled  the  globe.  He  visited  nearly 
every  country  and  many  of  them  a  number  of 
times.  The  knowledge  which  he  gained  from 
foreign  travel  and  contacts  with  the  leaders  in 
politics,  in  business,  and  in  education  was  invalu- 
able to  him  in  his  services  in  the  Congress.  The 
time  assigned  me  does  not  permit  a  statement  of 
the  great  services  which  Senator  McKinley  ren- 
dered as  Representative  and  as  Senator,  but  they 
are  written  in  the  records  of  Congress. 

Senator  McKinley's  extensive  travels  in  foreign 
countries  led  him  early  in  his  congressional  career 
to  become  interested  in  the  Interparliamentary 
Union.  For  eight  years  he  was  president  of  the 
American  group,  and  he  presided  over  the  twenty- 
third  international  conference  of  the  union  held 
last  year  in  Washington.  The  members  of  the 
American  group  expressed  their  appreciation  of 
him  as  follows : 

His  unfailing  generosity,  untiring  zeal,  rare  sagacity, 
unselfish  devotion,  and  gentle  charm  won  and  retained  the 
admiration  and  affection  of  parliamentarians  everywhere. 
Legislative  bodies  around  the  world,  our  own  included, 
are  better  because  of  the  active  life  and  effective  labors  of 
William  B.  McKinley. 

Senator  McKinley  had  a  rare  gift  for  making 
friends.  Few  of  his  colleagues  were  better  known 
in  either  House  than  he.     He  was  kindly  disposed, 


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WILLIAM    B.    McKINLEY 


had  unfailing  consideration  for  others,  and  took 
a  delight  in  rendering  service.  Courteous,  affable, 
just,  industrious,  and  well  informed,  it  was  a 
pleasure  to  work  with  him. 

His  personal  qualities  and  characteristics  en- 
deared him  to  his  colleagues.  His  fine  traits  of 
character  will  long  be  cherished  and  remembered 
by  those  who  served  with  him  here. 

Senator  McKinley  not  only  loved  to  render  serv- 
ice to  those  with  whom  he  worked  and  came  in 
contact,  but  he  loved  to  help  others.  He  took  a 
great  interest  in  education  and  educational  insti- 
tutions. For  25  years  and  more  his  interest  in  the 
University  of  Illinois  and  in  the  individual  stu- 
dents was  outstanding.  He  had  great  sympathy  for 
the  young  man  who  wanted  a  college  education 
and  was  not  able  to  pay  his  way,  and  he  aided 
hundreds  of  them  by  giving  them  financial  assist- 
ance to  finish  their  college  courses.  His  contribu- 
tions at  Champaign  to  the  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association,  the  Young  Women's  Christian  Asso- 
ciation, the  George  McKinley  Presbyterian  Church, 
and  the  University  Hospital  are  monuments  to  his 
generosity  and  his  interest  in  the  spiritual  and 
physical  welfare  of  the  students.  His  benefactions 
were  not  confined  to  the  State  university  and  to 
the  cities  of  Champaign  and  Urbana.  He  gave 
generously  of  his  fortune  to  educational  institu- 
tions, to  churches,  to  hospitals,  to  homes  for  the 
aged  throughout  the  State  of  Illinois  and  through- 
out the  country.  Not  even  his  personal  friends 
knew  the  full  extent  and  variety  of  his  benefac- 


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tions.  Having  a  boundless  zeal  for  service,  he 
wished  his  wealth  to  be  of  service,  and  truly  the 
activities  and  influences  which  he  set  in  motion 
will  have  no  bounds. 

Senator  McKinley  had  a  long,  active,  and  use- 
ful life,  full  of  services  and  honors,  and  his 
memory  will  be  cherished  by  those  whom  he  met 
and  with  whom  he  served  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 


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WILLIAM    B.    Mc KIN LEY 


gfobre&s  bp  Senator  barren 

Of  Wyoming 

Mr.  President:  It  is  always  with  extreme  sad- 
ness that  we  gather  together  to  pay  tribute  to  the 
memory  of  departed  colleagues.  As  we  grow  older 
we  are  obliged  to  bid  farewell  to  some  friend 
almost  every  day,  and  thus  does  the  circle  grad- 
ually and  all  too  rapidly  diminish;  for — 

There  is  no  union  here  of  hearts 
That  finds  not  here  an  end. 

I  wish  to  speak  briefly  concerning  the  life  of 
William  B.  McKinley,  among  whose  friends  I  had 
the  privilege  of  being  numbered,  during  his  14 
years  of  service  in  the  House  of  Representatives 
and  his  nearly  6  years  in  the  Senate. 

We  may  point  to  his  life  as  that  of  a  self-made 
man.  The  son  of  a  minister,  he  started  out  early 
to  make  his  own  way.  His  first  employment  was 
that  of  a  drug  clerk  in  Springfield,  111.;  his  compen- 
sation, $4.50  a  week.  He  immediately  began  to 
demonstrate  the  qualities  that  were  to  develop  so 
splendidly  in  the  future;  and  his  employer,  recog- 
nizing his  usefulness,  placed  $10  in  his  second 
week's  pay  envelope.  The  ambitious  young  man, 
having  more  money  than  he  knew  what  to  do  with, 
opened  a  savings  account.  Not  long  thereafter  he 
was  a  purchaser  of  real  estate.  From  modest 
beginnings  in  realty  trades,  the  basis  of  a  large 
fortune  was  laid. 


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After  great  prosperity  had  overtaken  him,  he 
entered  political  life,  "  for  want  of  something 
better  to  do,"  as  he  often  said.  In  fact,  he  claimed 
that  he  "  blundered  into  politics,"  but  if  such  was  a 
fact  it  was  never  disclosed  to  his  friends;  for 
"  Little  Mac,"  as  he  was  affectionately  called  in  his 
early  days  here  in  Congress  and  among  his  home 
friends,  gave  to  his  State  and  country  a  life  of 
deeds,  not  words,  and  of  unselfish,  painstaking 
service  of  the  highest  order.  His  lovable  nature 
endeared  him  to  young  and  old  alike.  In  his 
modest,  retiring  way,  and  unattended  by  publicity, 
he  donated  millions  of  money  to  churches,  libraries, 
schools,  and  hospitals,  and  thus  thousands  were 
benefited  by  his  generosity  who  did  not  even  know 
the  name  and  identity  of  their  benefactor.  He  was 
truly  a  man  of  "  the  larger  heart,  the  kindlier 
hand."  His  deeds  live  after  him,  and  he  will  not 
be  forgotten. 

The  battle  with  life  he  won  nobly. 

The  battle  with  death,  waged  so  long  and  val- 
iantly, he  finally  lost,  as  we  must  all  of  us  finally 
succumb  to  the  onslaught  of  that  grim  and  unre- 
lenting enemy. 

Mr.  President,  I  offer  these  few  words  in  appre- 
ciation of  the  life  and  service  of  our  departed 
friend,  whom  we  loved  in  life,  and  of  whom,  in 
death,  we  shall  cherish  the  tenderest  memories. 


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WILLIAM    B.   McKINLEY 


gfobrestf  bp  Senator  Capper 

Of  Kansas 

Mr.  President:  The  passing  of  William  B.  Mc- 
Kinley  was  a  national  loss.  A  modest  man,  a 
constructive  thinker  who  also  was  a  doer  of  big 
things  in  a  big  way,  a  builder,  a  statesman,  he  left 
a  deep  impress  on  the  pages  of  history  of  his  age 
and  generation. 

To  those  of  us  who  were  privileged  to  know  him 
intimately,  and  to  love  his  gentle  character,  his 
modest  manner  of  thinking  and  doing  and  living, 
his  untimely  death  came  as  a  severe  shock.  In  all 
my  own  life  and  experience  I  seldom  have  known 
a  man  who  inspired  so  large  a  circle  of  friends  and 
acquaintances  with  the  same  universal  feeling  of 
respect,  esteem,  and,  among  his  close  friends,  such 
genuine  admiration  and  love. 

William  B.  McKinley  was  admired  and  respected 
by  all  who  knew  him  and  knew  of  him.  He  was 
essentially  a  self-made  man,  and  a  well-made  man. 
We  are  accustomed  to  regard  self-made  men  as 
assertive,  aggressive,  forceful.  Senator  McKinley 
was  courteous,  kindly,  always  doing  things  for 
others  in  a  quiet,  retiring  way  that  gave  little 
surface  indication  of  the  master  mind  that  worked 
out  big  problems  and  saw  the  resulting  plans 
successfully  executed.  His  was  an  unusual  com- 
bination of  the  qualities  that  make  for  success  in 
undertakings  little  and  big,  and  of  those  more  rare 
qualities  that  hold  friends  in  thrall  of  quiet  but 
deep  affection  and  regard. 

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MEMORIAL    ADDRESSES 


Of  him  Who's  Who  in  America  said : 
Senator  William  B.  McKinley,  born  Petersburg,  111., 
September  5,  1856,  son  of  George  and  Hannab  (Finley) 
McKinley;  student  University  of  Illinois  two  years;  mar- 
ried Kate  Frisbee,  of  Chicago,  February,  1881.  Partner  in 
banking  and  mortgage-loan  business  of  J.  B.  &  W.  B. 
McKinley  since  1877;  building  and  operating  public 
utilities  since  1885.  Member  of  the  Fifty-ninth  to  Sixty- 
second  Congresses  (1905-1913)  and  the  Sixty-fourth  to 
Sixty-sixth  Congresses  (1915-1921);  United  States  Sena- 
tor, term  1921-1927.  Trustee  of  University  of  Illinois, 
1902-1905.  Republican.  Clubs:  Chevy  Chase,  Press,  and 
Metropolitan  (Washington,  D.  C.) ;  Hamilton  and  Union 
League  (Chicago).     Home:  Champaign,  111. 

Of  himself  in  the  Congressional  Directory  he 
wrote  simply: 

William  Brown  McKinley,  Republican,  of  Champaign, 
was  born  in  Petersburg,  111.,  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools  and  spent  two  years  in  the  University  of  Illinois; 
is  a  farmer  and  banker;  married;  elected  to  the  Fifty- 
ninth,  Sixtieth,  Sixty-first,  Sixty-second,  Sixty-fourth, 
Sixty-fifth,  and  Sixty-sixth  Congresses.  Elected  to  the 
United  States  Senate  November  2,  1920. 

Nothing  of  the  great  utilities  systems  he  had 
built;  nothing  of  the  many  and  large  gifts  he  had 
made  to  the  causes  of  religion  and  education; 
nothing  of  the  unstinted  devotion  to  his  people,  his 
State,  and  his  Nation.  Nothing  of  the  influence  he 
wielded  in  shaping  national  policies  during  his 
nearly  two  decades  in  official  public  life. 

William  B.  McKinley  learned  early  in  life  to 
respect  industry,  and  was  himself  a  tireless  and 
indefatigable  worker.  He  appreciated  honesty  in 
public  and  private  life,  and  was  himself  the  soul 
of  integrity.  He  appreciated  the  value  of  educa- 
tion, and  himself  contributed  freely  but  unostenta- 
tiously to  the  cause  of  education. 

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WILLIAM    B.    McKINLEY 


He  loved  his  fellow  men,  and  himself  drew  no 
distinctions  of  race  or  creed  in  the  time  and  money 
he  devoted  to  helping  his  fellows.  All  his  life  his 
heart  was  touched  by  the  misfortunes  and  troubles 
of  others;  and  he  gave  liberally,  but  quietly  and 
almost  anonymously,  to  charity.  His  gifts  for 
charity,  for  education,  for  religion  were  made 
without  advertising.  Institutions  were  not  founded 
in  his  name.  Colleges  were  not  endowed  with 
"  McKinley  funds  "  for  this  purpose  and  that  pur- 
pose. The  churches  he  helped  build  were  dedi- 
cated to  the  cause  of  Christ,  not  in  the  name  of  the 
giver. 

He  was  a  public  benefactor  for  the  good  he 
hoped  to  accomplish  for  others,  in  the  hope  that 
others  might  be  helped  to  enjoy  life  and  use  their 
talents  to  the  fullest  extent,  but  not  for  his  own 
glorification  or  renown.  Always  shunning  the 
limelight,  he  nevertheless  was  a  power  in  what- 
ever circles  he  moved,  and  he  moved  quietly  but 
effectively  in  many. 

Among  his  intimate  friends,  I  believe,  it  was  his 
many  lovable  qualities,  rather  than  those  attributes 
which  won  such  success  and  commanded  admira- 
tion, that  were  the  measure  of  our  regard  for  him. 

There  have  been  few  men  of  my  acquaintance 
who  so  consistently  and  conscientiously  lived  up 
to  their  ideas  and  ideals  of  what  constituted  the 
right.  He  never  evaded.  He  never  dodged.  He 
never  compromised  where  a  principle  was  in- 
volved, never  equivocated,  never  allowed  the  conse- 
quences to  himself  to  drive  him  from  the  narrow 
path  of  duty  as  he  saw  it. 


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MEMORIAL    ADDRESSES 


I  remember  when  the  World  Court  resolution 
was  being  voted  upon  in  the  Senate.  Senator 
McKinley  was  sitting  next  to  me.  He  cast  his  vote 
for  the  resolution. 

"That  vote  probably  will  cause  my  defeat  for 
reelection  to  the  Senate,"  Senator  McKinley 
remarked  to  me  after  he  had  answered  to  his 
name,  "  but  I  believe  it  was  the  right  way  to 
vote  ";  and  that  ended  the  matter  so  far  as  he  was 
concerned. 

William  B.  McKinley  never  spared  himself  in  his 
work  for  others.  He  honestly  believed  that  the 
great  wealth  and  power  that  had  come  to  him 
imposed  a  solemn  duty  upon  him  to  use  that 
wealth  and  power  for  the  good  of  others;  that  he 
was  a  trustee,  so  to  speak.  He  always  governed 
his  action  on  that  principle.  No  matter  how  busy 
or  how  tired  he  was,  a  call  for  help  from  anyone 
always  found  a  ready  and  earnest  response. 

He  never  harbored  a  grudge.  I  never  heard  him 
speak  an  unkind  word  against  any  man,  even  those 
whom  I  knew  he  had  every  reason  to  believe  had 
deserted  him  and  proved  ungrateful.  Truly,  his 
was  a  wonderful  character. 

Mr.  President,  the  little  we  say  here  to-day  can 
not  add  to  the  genuine  greatness  of  the  soul  we 
are  gathered  to  honor,  nor  magnify  the  things  he 
did.  We  can  but  feebly  express  our  appreciation 
of  his  accomplishments,  our  gratitude  for  having 
known  him  during  the  years  he  was  among  us, 
our  love  for  the  kindly  and  patient  and  able  man 
who  has  left  with  us  the  memory  of  his  generous 
thoughts  and  kindly  deeds. 


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WILLIAM    B.    McKINLEY 


jattoretf*  bj>  Senator  J&axxi* 

Of  Georgia 

Mr.  President:  To  attempt  to  speak  of  the  good 
works  of  Senator  McKinley  and  his  great  service 
to  his  country  and  to  humanity  would  take  more 
time  than  I  feel  I  should  consume.  I  shall  leave 
that  to  more  eloquent  speakers. 

Senator  McKinley's  grandfather,  the  Reverend 
Doctor  Finley,  was  one  of  the  first  presidents  of  the 
University  of  Georgia,  to  which  my  people  have 
gone  from  that  time  to  the  present  day.  He  gave 
his  life  to  this  work  for  the  youth  of  our  State.  On 
account  of  this  association  of  his  family  with  my 
people,  Senator  McKinley  and  I  were  friends  from 
the  day  he  became  a  Member  of  this  body. 

Last  year  he  was  invited  to  deliver  the  principal 
address  at  the  commencement  exercises  of  the 
University  of  Georgia,  which  his  grandfather  had 
done  so  much  to  upbuild.  The  chapel  was 
crowded  to  its  capacity;  and  the  straightforward, 
practical  talk  made  by  him  to  the  students  was 
an  inspiration  to  them,  and  its  effect  will  be  felt 
by  the  future  men  of  my  State. 

His  devotion  to  public  duty  was  known  to  all  of 
us.  He  was  one  of  the  hardest  workers  in  the 
Senate;  and  his  unusual  business  ability,  together 
with  his  tact  and  the  confidence  of  his  colleagues, 
made  him  one  of  the  most  influential  Members  of 
this  body. 

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MEMORIAL    ADDRESSES 


Our  colleague's  great  business  experience  ren- 
dered him  a  most  valuable  member  of  the 
Appropriations  Committee,  where  I  had  the 
pleasure  and  privilege  of  serving  with  him  and 
observing  his  untiring  labors  and  conscientious 
devotion  to  duty. 

As  the  Senator  from  Kansas  [Mr.  Capper]  has 
said,  Senator  McKinley  knew  the  opposition  in  his 
State  to  the  International  Court  of  Justice  for  the 
arbitration  of  differences  to  prevent  war,  which 
caused  him  the  loss  of  many  of  his  supporters  in 
his  last  campaign.  He  realized  this  at  the  time 
that  he  gave  the  measure  his  support;  but  he  felt 
it  to  be  his  duty,  and  he  did  not  consider  its  effect 
on  his  political  fortunes. 

For  his  splendid  efforts  to  bring  about  a  better 
understanding  between  the  nations  of  the  earth 
Senator  McKinley  should  be  held  in  grateful 
remembrance  by  all  who  are  interested  in  the 
peace  of  the  world. 

There  are  many  thousands  among  those  who 
heeded  assistance  who  were  beneficiaries  of  Sena- 
tor McKinley's  generosity.  He  probably  educated 
more  boys  and  girls  than  any  other  man  in  his 
Slate.  The  fact  that  he  gave  away  most  of  his 
fortune  is  evidence  sufficient  of  his  greatness  and 
goodness. 

Among  his  outstanding  characteristics  was  his 
devotion  and  loyalty  to  his  friends  and  relatives. 
Two  of  his  closest  friends  who  were  unwavering 
throughout  the  long  years  are  present  to-day,  and 
I  feel  that  it  is  not  inappropriate  to  refer  to  them 
by  name — Mr.  John  Stipes  and  Mr.  Green,  of 
Senator  McKinley's  home  town. 


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WILLIAM    B.    McKINLEY 


On  that  impressive  day  in  December,  at  Cham- 
paign, 111.,  when  his  mortal  remains  were  laid  to 
rest,  it  was  touching  to  see  the  thousands  of  sad 
countenances  of  the  people  who  had  known  him 
best  assembled  to  bear  witness  to  their  affection 
and  admiration  for  the  man  who  had  done  so  much 
to  make  this  a  better  world. 

Those  of  us  who  had  known  him  in  recent  years 
shared  their  feeling  of  loss;  for  we,  too,  had  learned 
to  love  and  admire  him. 

I  can  not  think  of  William  McKinley  without 
recalling  the  words,  "  There  is  nothing  so  kingly  as 
kindness." 


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gbbresft  bv  Senator  i\obmsion 

Of  Arkansas 

Mr.  President:  That  infinite  variety  which  runs 
through  all  nature  displays  itself  in  the  differences 
of  character,  of  motive,  and  of  disposition  among 
men. 

William  B.  McKinley  possessed  a  peculiar  yet 
an  attractive  personality.  In  this  audience  there 
are  a  few  who  did  not  enjoy  intimate  acquaint- 
ance with  him.  An  accurate  picture  of  the  man's 
character  can  be  painted  in  a  few  words. 

If  you  who  knew  him  well  and  loved  him  much 
were  asked  to  say  what  words  would  best  define 
his  nature  and  his  character,  no  doubt  you  would 
answer  "  Modesty,  simplicity,  kindness,  generosity, 
charity." 

It  is  easily  substantiated  by  history  that  all  great 
men  possess  some  blemish,  some  defect,  which  has 
diminished  their  greatness  and  marred  their  beauty. 
As  one  who  will  always  count  himself  fortunate 
in  having  enjoyed  intimate  relationship  and  pro- 
longed companionship  with  Senator  McKinley,  I 
say,  with  sincerity,  he  was  freer  from  defect  than 
any  other  individual  I  have  ever  known  in  public 
life. 

Here,  where  he  served  with  efficiency  and  dili- 
gence, there  has  never  occurred  an  incident  in 
which  Senator  McKinley  asserted  himself  or  his 
wishes  to  the  annoyance  or  embarrassment  of  any 
of  his  associates.    It  is  a  singular  thing  that  one  in 

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WILLIAM    B.    McKINLEY 


American  politics  should  find  himself  able  to  climb 
to  high  altitudes  of  public  confidence  without  those 
manifestations  of  aggressiveness  and  selfishness 
which  are  blemishes  common  to  most  men  who 
succeed  in  politics.  I  challenge  with  confidence  an 
examination  of  the  record  of  William  B.  McKinley, 
either  in  the  body  at  the  other  end  of  the  Capitol 
or  in  the  Senate  of  the  United  States.  It  is  believed 
that  not  a  single  instance  can  be  found  where  arro- 
gance, unfairness,  or  injustice  to  his  associates  was 
displayed. 

The  causes  which  seemed  to  interest  him  more 
than  others  were  education  and  world  peace.  The 
objects  in  which  one  finds  his  most  permanent  and 
sincere  interest  are  often  illustrative  of  his  charac- 
ter. What  more  exalted  purposes  can  inspire  a 
living  being  than  to  promote  the  intelligence  of 
his  fellows  and  to  advance  the  cause  of  peace 
among  them? 

For  many  years  Senator  McKinley  was  president 
of  the  American  group  of  the  Interparliamentary 
Union,  and  in  his  capacity  as  president  of  that 
group  he  led  the  delegates  of  the  United  States  in 
conventions  held  at  the  capitals  of  various  foreign 
countries.  He  always  exemplified  a  sincere  inter- 
est and  a  real  confidence  in  his  mission  and  in  the 
purposes  of  the  organization  which  he  so  modestly 
and  ably  represented. 

In  foreign  lands  there  are  thousands  of  men  of 
vision  and  of  exceptional  ability  who  prior  to  Sen- 
ator McKinley's  death  came  to  have  an  apprecia- 
tion for  the  sublime  purposes  which  animated  and 


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MEMORIAL    ADDRESSES 


inspired  the  man  who,  more  than  all  others  we 
have  known,  while  remembering  others  forgot 
himself. 

Reference  has  been  made  by  the  Senator  from 
Kansas  [Mr.  Capper]  to  the  spirit  of  self-sacrifice 
which  Senator  McKinley  displayed  when,  at  his 
desk  here,  where  during  these  addresses  sits  a 
former  Governor  of  Illinois,  Mr.  Richard  Yates,  he 
voted  for  the  resolution  admitting  the  United  States 
to  the  Permanent  Court  of  International  Justice. 
It  is  doubtful  if  in  recent  years  there  has  arisen  in 
the  Senate  of  the  United  States  a  contest  or  an 
issue  about  which  men  of  sincere  purpose  have 
differed  more  widely  than  on  the  subject  involved 
in  that  resolution. 

Senator  McKinley  knew,  and  we  all  knew,  that 
out  in  Illinois  were  numerous  groups,  possessing 
great  political  power,  opposed  to  the  United  States 
participating  in  the  World  Court,  and  he  also  knew 
that  those  groups  would  reflect  their  opposition  in 
the  approaching  primaries.  It  can  not  of  course 
be  determined  with  accuracy  just  how  much  any 
one  question  or  issue  influences  the  course  of  an 
electorate  constituted  as  are  the  electors  of  the 
State  of  Illinois,  but  it  is  certain  that  the  opposition 
would  have  been  placated  if  Senator  McKinley 
had  yielded  his  viewpoint  and  voted  against  the 
resolution.  But  he  had  seen  this  country  engaged 
in  a  foreign  war  in  1898,  and  when  he  came  to  vote 
upon  the  resolution  he  remembered  that  thousands 
of  the  best  and  bravest  young  men  who  owed  alle- 
giance to  our  flag  had  gone  to  Cuba  and  to  the 


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WILLIAM    B.    McKINLEY 


Philippines,  and  that  many  of  them  had  died  in 
maintaining  the  cause  of  our  Republic.  And  he 
could  not  forget — indeed,  who  can  forget — that 
within  recent  years  the  strength  and  manhood  of 
this  Nation  were  tested  by  a  conflict  which  called 
4,000,000  of  the  best  and  bravest  the  world  has  ever 
known  from  peaceful  pursuits  to  military  conflicts 
in  foreign  lands  in  sight  of  strange  battle  standards. 

Senator  McKinley,  remembering  the  bloody, 
mud-soaked  ditches  of  France,  the  countless  white 
crosses  that  lifted  their  arms  in  mute  appeal  to 
Almighty  God,  the  millions  of  homes  made  deso- 
late, the  countless  gold-star  mothers  who  sat  by 
their  lonely  firesides  and  prayed  to  God  for  peace, 
remembering  his  duty  to  the  past  and  to  the  future, 
sacrificed  his  political  hope  in  a  cause  he  believed 
to  be  just. 

It  matters  little  that  Senator  McKinley  was  de- 
feated; it  matters  little  whether  we  agreed  with  him 
or  disagreed  with  him;  the  important  thing  is  that 
the  United  States  possessed  a  public  servant  who 
was  willing  and  able  to  yield  his  chances  for  hon- 
orable position  among  his  fellow  men  in  order  that 
he  might  do  a  service  to  the  mothers  and  sons  of 
America  and  to  the  men,  women,  and  children  of 
all  lands. 

The  notable  features  of  Senator  McKinley's  pub- 
lic service  were  painstaking  attention  to  detail, 
capacity  for  organization,  directness  in  speech,  and 
that  magnetic  influence  which  is  derived  from 
sympathetic  contact  with  others.  All  these  en- 
abled him  to  serve  his  constituency  and  the  Nation 
with  effectiveness. 


[23] 


MEMORIAL    ADDRESSES 


He  was  not  an  orator,  but  he  possessed  notable 
capacity  for  organization.  In  his  private  business 
affairs  he  gathered  about  him  lawyers  of  rare 
intelligence  and  exceptional  capacity,  foremen  of 
unusual  foresight,  workmen  of  peculiar  skill  and 
fitness,  so  that  his  business  was  always  well 
directed,  and,  in  the  end,  proved  amazingly  pros- 
perous. It  is  a  singular  thing  that  most  men,  in 
acquiring  the  disposition  and  capacity  to  accumu- 
late, lose  or  deny  to  themselves  the  faculty  for 
enjoyment.  So  that  one  who  spends  his  years  in 
gathering  riches  rarely  derives  pleasure  from  his 
accumulations  after  they  have  been  secured. 

Who  among  us  who  visited  Champaign,  111.,  on 
the  occasion  of  Senator  McKinley's  funeral  has 
forgotten  or  will  forget  the  vast  concourse  of 
people  who  assembled  near  the  church  in  which 
the  ceremonies  were  conducted?  Who  has  for- 
gotten the  old  friends  brought  from  hospitals  in 
invalid  chairs  in  order  that  they  might  pay  a  last 
tribute  to  the  man  whom  they  had  so  well  known 
and  loved?  Who  has  forgotten  the  thousands  of 
little  boys  and  girls  who  stood  in  silence  outside 
the  church  while  the  services  were  being  conducted 
and  whose  tearful  silence  gave  a  far  more  impres- 
sive tribute  to  the  worth  of  the  dead  man  than  all 
the  eulogies  that  human  lips  can  utter? 

Down  through  the  streets  of  his  home  city,  past 
the  church  which  he  had  erected  in  memory  of  his 
father,  a  minister,  out  beyond  the  great  hospital 
which  his  beneficence  had  constructed,  where  in 
the  years  to  come  thousands  of  sick  and  suffering 
will    receive    the    most    skillful    attention    which 


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WILLIAM    B.    McKINLEY 


modern  science  can  secure,  out  to  the  cemetery, 
the  procession  passed  through  lines  of  grief- 
stricken  people  who  recognized  the  fact  that  in 
his  passing  Illinois  had  lost  a  faithful  servant, 
Champaign  had  lost  a  distinguished  citizen, 
and  her  people  had  been  deprived  of  a  faithful, 
sympathetic,  generous  friend. 

Mr.  Deneen.  Mr.  President,  I  ask  for  the  adop- 
tion of  the  resolutions  which  I  submitted. 

The  resolutions  were  unanimously  agreed  to. 

Mr.  Deneen.  Mr.  President,  as  a  further  mark  of 
respect  to  the  memory  of  the  deceased  Senators,  I 
move  that  the  Senate  do  now  adjourn. 

The  motion  was  unanimously  agreed  to,  and 
(at  12  o'clock  and  5  minutes  p.  m.)  the  Senate 
adjourned  until  to-morrow,  Monday,  February  28, 
1927,  at  12  o'clock  meridian. 


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Wednesday,  December  8,  1926. 
A  message  from  the  Senate,  by  Mr.  Craven,  one 
of  its  clerks,  announced  that  the  Senate  had  passed 
the  following  resolution: 

Resolved,  That  the  Senate  has  heard  with  deep 
regret  and  profound  sorrow  the  announcement  of  the 
death  of  Hon.  William  B.  McKinley,  late  a  Senator 
from  the  State  of  Illinois. 

Resolved,  That  a  committee  of  15  Senators  be 
appointed  by  the  Vice  President  to  take  order  for 
superintending  the  funeral  of  the  deceased  Senator. 

Resolved,  That  the  Secretary  communicate  these 
resolutions  to  the  House  of  Representatives  and  trans- 
mit a  copy  thereof  to  the  family  of  the  deceased. 

Resolved,  That  as  a  further  mark  of  respect  to  the 
memory  of  the  deceased  the  Senate  do  now  adjourn. 

Mr.  Madden.  Mr.  Speaker,  I  present  the  following 
resolutions  for  immediate  consideration. 
The  Clerk  read  (H.  Res.  325)  as  follows: 

Resolved,  That  the  House  has  heard  with  profound 
sorrow  of  the  death  of  the  Hon.  William  Brown 
McKinley,  a  Senator  of  the  United  States  from  the 
State  of  Illinois. 

Resolved,  That  the  Clerk  communicate  these  reso- 
lutions to  the  Senate  and  transmit  a  copy  thereof  to 
the  family  of  the  deceased. 

Resolved,  That  a  committee  of  18  Members  be 
appointed  on  the  part  of  the  House  to  join  the  com- 
mittee appointed  on  the  part  of  the  Senate  to  attend 
the  funeral. 

The  resolution  was  agreed  to. 

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The  Speaker  appointed  as  committee  on  the  part 
of  the  House  Mr.  Madden,  Mr.  Rainey,  Mr.  Sabath, 
Mr.  Britten,  Mr.  Denison,  Mr.  King,  Mr.  Williams, 
Mr.  Chindblom,  Mr.  Yates,  Mr.  Kunz,  Mr.  Funk, 
Mr.  Michaelson,  Mr.  Sproul  of  Illinois,  Mr.  William 
E.  Hull,  Mr.  Arnold,  Mr.  Adkins,  Mr.  Burton,  and 
Mr.  Montague. 

The  Clerk  read  the  remainder  of  the  resolution, 
as  follows : 

Resolved,  That  as  a  further  mark  of  respect  the 
House  do  now  adjourn. 

The  resolution  was  agreed  to;  accordingly  (at 
1  o'clock  and  40  minutes  p.  m.)  the  House 
adjourned  until  to-morrow,  Thursday,  December 
9,  1926,  at  12  o'clock  noon. 

Thursday,  January  20,  1927. 

Mr.  Madden.  Mr.  Speaker,  I  submit  another  order 
and  ask  unanimous  consent  for  its  immediate 
consideration. 

The  Speaker.  The  gentleman  from  Illinois  offers 
an  order,  which  the  Clerk  will  report,  and  asks  for 
its  present  consideration. 

The  Clerk  read  as  follows: 

Ordered,  That  Sunday,  the  6th  day  of  February, 
at  11  o'clock,  be  set  apart  for  addresses  on  the  life, 
character,  and  public  services  of  Hon.  William  B. 
McKinley,  late  a  Senator  from  the  State  of  Illinois. 

The  Speaker.  Is  there  objection  to  the  request  of 
the  gentleman  from  Illinois? 
There  was  no  objection. 
The  order  was  agreed  to. 

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WILLIAM    B.    Mc KIN LEY 


Saturday,  February  5,  1927. 
The  Speaker.  The  Chair  designates  the  gentle- 
man from  Illinois  [Mr.  Britten]  to  preside  to-mor- 
row at  the  services  in  memory  of  the  late  Senator 
William  B.  McKinley. 


Sunday,  February  6,  1927. 

The  House  met  at  11  o'clock  a.  m.  and  was  called 
to  order  by  Mr.  Britten,  Speaker  pro  tempore. 

Dr.  B.  B.  James,  of  the  American  University, 
offered  the  following  prayer: 

Assembled  here,  0  God,  to  pay  tribute  to  those 
whose  lives  have  been  lived  in  the  richness  of  the 
memorials  of  Thy  enduring  love,  we  pay  grateful 
testimony  to  the  memorials  of  labor  and  of  service 
which  have  been  left  behind  them  by  these  men 
whose  lives  and  achievements  are  cherished  by  their 
fellows. 

They  have  passed  on  in  the  continuity  of  spirit  into 
the  wider  sphere,  leaving  behind  the  evidences  of 
lives  whose  public  and  private  worth  contribute 
richly  to  the  immortality  of  influence,  to  which  great 
spirits  yield  so  much. 

The  reverent  tributes  which  are  to  be  here  paid 
those  who  have  departed  from  the  fellowships  of  time, 
that  are  the  portion  of  all  men,  have  this  as  their 
added  claim  to  the  lasting  regard  of  their  associates: 
That  they  built  into  the  fabric  of  their  times,  they  laid 
their  offerings  upon  the  altar  of  citizen  service,  and 
honored  their  high  public  trusts  by  diligence. 

May  Thy  blessing,  Almighty  God,  be  with  this 
gathering  of  those  who  knew  and  loved  these  men  and 
add  Thy  sanction  to  the  testimonies  they  shall  offer, 
in  the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.    Amen. 


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The  Speaker  pro  tempore.  The  Clerk  will  read 
the  order  of  to-day. 
The  Clerk  read  as  follows : 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Madden,  by  unanimous  consent — 
"Ordered,  That  Sunday,  February  6,  1927,  at  11 
o'clock  a.  m.,  be  set  aside  for  memorial  services  in 
honor  of  the  late  Hon.  William  R.  McKinley." 

Mr.  Madden.  Mr.  Speaker,  I  present  the  follow- 
ing resolutions : 

The  Clerk  read  (H.  Res.  411)  as  follows: 

Resolved,  That  the  business  of  the  House  be  now 
suspended,  that  opportunity  may  be  given  for  tributes 
to  the  memory  of  Hon.  Charles  Fuller,  late  a  Mem- 
ber of  this  House,  and  Hon.  William  R.  McKinley, 
late  a  Senator  of  the  United  States,  from  the  State  of 
Illinois. 

Resolved,  That  as  a  particular  mark  of  respect  to 
the  memory  of  the  deceased,  and  in  recognition  of 
their  distinguished  public  careers,  the  House,  at  the 
conclusion  of  these  exercises,  shall  stand  adjourned. 

Resolved,  That  the  Clerk  communicate  these  reso- 
lutions to  the  Senate. 

Resolved,  That  the  Clerk  send  a  copy  of  these 
resolutions  to  the  families  of  the  deceased. 

The  resolutions  were  unanimously  adopted. 


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WILLIAM   B.  McKINLEY 


8fobre£&  bp  &epre$entatfoe  $labben 

Of  Illinois 

Mr.  Speaker  :  We  are  here  to-day  to  express  our 
satisfaction  of  the  life  and  work  and  achievements 
of  William  B.  McKinley,  who  served  in  this  House 
for  14  years  and  for  6  years  in  the  Senate,  from 
the  State  of  Illinois. 

Senator  McKinley's  passing  was  a  shock  to 
everybody  who  knew  him.  A  silent  man  through 
all  his  life,  but  a  very  effective  worker — a  citizen 
of  distinction,  not  only  in  his  State  but  throughout 
the  Nation  and  the  world.  The  son  of  a  Presby- 
terian minister,  born  in  Petersburg,  111.,  buried 
from  the  church  in  which  his  father  preached,  and 
laid  away  in  the  little  cemetery  where  his  father 
and  mother  lie. 

Mr.  McKinley  learned  early  in  his  life  the  need 
for  industry.  He  soon  discovered  that  success 
came  from  work — that  work  was  one  of  the 
essential  needs  of  those  who  would  succeed,  and 
he  devoted  himself  to  the  task  of  becoming  a 
success.  That  he  did  succeed  and  that  he  was  a 
success  nobody  will  deny,  for  the  State  has 
produced  few  men  who  have  achieved  as  much 
and  have  done  the  good  that  William  B.  McKinley 
did. 

Consistent  in  his  devotion  to  education  he  con- 
tributed freely  of  what  he  made  to  every  institution 
of  learning  which  needed  assistance.  He  made  no 
distinction  of  race  or  creed  in  his  contributions  to 

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the  advancement  of  education  in  America.  The 
University  of  Illinois,  one  of  the  greatest  institu- 
tions of  learning  in  America,  was  the  beneficiary 
of  his  work  and  contributions.  He  gave  them  of 
his  genius,  of  his  organizing  powers,  of  his  money 
and  of  his  time,  without  stint.  He  gave  to  all  the 
struggling  colleges  of  our  State  without  publicity. 
His  contributions  to  education,  to  religion,  and  to 
charity  were  made  without  advertising.  He  didn't 
let  his  left  hand  know  what  his  right  hand  did. 
He  was  a  benefactor  for  the  good  his  benefactions 
did  to  those  who  received  them  and  not  for  the 
publicity  which  he  received  as  the  result  of  his 
benefactions.  He  lived  to  do  things  for  the  public 
and  for  the  people  he  liked.  He  was  not  a  speech 
maker — he  shunned  the  limelight,  but  he  was  none 
the  less  an  effective  force  in  shaping  the  Nation's 
policies.  During  the  14  years  of  his  service  in 
the  House  he  was  probably  as  influential  as  any 
man  here.  His  word,  never  profusely  given,  was 
always  kept.  If  he  believed  in  a  thing  he  did  it. 
If  it  did  not  appeal  to  him  he  shunned  it.  One 
need  but  have  an  intimation  from  him  that  he 
would  do  what  was  wanted  and  it  was  done.  He 
did  not  enter  into  arguments  as  to  why  he  did  it  or 
why  he  refused  to  do  it.  He  was  a  public  servant 
in  the  truest  sense.  He  was  not  in  public  life 
because  he  wanted  additional  power — he  was  in 
the  service  because  he  wanted  to  serve. 

Senator  McKinley  built  up  several  tremendous 
industrial  enterprises;  he  accumulated  a  large 
fortune,  but  no  one  ever  saw  him  take  advantage 


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of  that.  He  considered  himself  but  the  trustee  of 
the  fortune  he  made,  and  as  trustee  of  that  fortune 
he  administered  the  trust  to  the  best  advantage  of 
his  country. 

William  B.  McKinley  took  a  great  interest  in  the 
World  War.  He  was  a  man  of  peace,  but  he  was 
an  American.  He  wanted  to  see  America  supreme. 
He  wanted  her  to  be  just,  and  he  exercised  all  the 
power  he  had  to  see  that  what  she  did  was  justly 
done.  I  traveled  with  him  over  the  battle  fields 
during  the  World  War.  I  saw  the  solicitude  with 
which  he  entered  upon  every  phase  of  the  war's 
activities.  I  saw  the  hope  that  he  had  for  future 
peace.  I  watched  him  develop  the  organization 
known  as  the  Interparliamentary  Union,  of  which 
he  became  the  head  and  of  which  he  was  the  head 
when  he  died.  I  saw  him  build  that  organization 
up  to  a  point  where  it  expressed  international 
power  in  behalf  of  peace — peace  without  the 
surrender  of  honor.  He  was  a  silent,  modest, 
unassuming,  great  man.  I  loved  him  for  what  he 
was.  I  revere  his  memory.  He  has  passed  on 
from  the  turmoil  of  life  and  he  has  been  handed 
over  to  history.  He  will  not  be  forgotten.  His 
work  will  go  forward.  He  will  be  remembered 
for  what  he  was  and  for  what  he  did.  What  he 
thought  and  what  he  said  and  what  he  did  has 
been  indelibly  impressed  upon  the  minds  of  thou- 
sands. They  will  carry  on  the  ideas  that  he 
expressed  in  life  and  William  B.  McKinley, 
through  those  who  still  remain,  will  be  planting 
the  seed  of  patriotism  and  devotion  to  the  Nation 


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that  he  so  well  loved.  And  so,  while  we  are  here 
to  tell  the  story  of  his  life  and  his  work,  we  will 
not  mourn,  because  he  would  not  mourn  if  he 
were  here  to  pay  tribute  to  one  of  his  colleagues. 
He  would  not  want  us  to  mourn  for  him.  While 
he  was  here  he  did  his  duty — he  was  happy  in  the 
performance  of  that  duty  and  he  passed  on  across 
the  divide  with  peace  in  his  mind  and  love  in  his 
heart.  And  so,  as  we  meet  to-day  in  this  Hall,  we 
do  so  not  in  sorrow  that  William  B.  McKinley 
has  gone  but  in  pride  that  it  was  our  privilege 
while  he  lived  to  know  him  and  associate  with 
him  in  the  great  work  he  had  to  do  and  did  so 
well  in  behalf  of  the  Nation's  future. 


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WILLIAM    B.    McKINLEY 


gfobretfg  bp  &epregentattoe  Benson 

Of  Illinois 

Mr.  Speaker:  I  shall  speak  very  briefly  of  Sen- 
ator McKinley  as  I  knew  him.  I  never  enjoyed  the 
advantages  of  a  close  or  an  intimate  personal 
relationship  with  him.  I  first  met  him  when  I  came 
here  in  1915  as  a  Member  of  the  Sixty-fourth  Con- 
gress. Senator  McKinley  had  been  reelected  to  the 
House  after  an  absence  of  two  years.  The  friend- 
ship which  we  then  formed  grew  somewhat  closer, 
I  think,  in  the  years  that  followed  than  that  which 
generally  exists  between  Members  and  their  col- 
leagues, and  it  became  more  firmly  fixed  as  the 
years  passed  by. 

During  the  six  years  he  served  in  the  House  after 
I  became  a  Member,  and  the  six  years  he  served  in 
the  Senate,  I  had  occasion  very  often  to  go  to 
Senator  McKinley  for  help  and  counsel.  He  was 
never  too  busy  to  give  help  freely  and  promptly 
when  called  upon  by  the  younger  Members.  It  was 
one  of  Senator  McKinley's  characteristics  to  assist 
young  men  in  whatever  field  of  endeavor  they 
might  be  engaged.  He  seemed  to  take  a  pride  and 
pleasure  in  doing  so,  and  this  was  true  with  refer- 
ence to  the  younger  Members  of  Congress  as  well 
as  to  the  young  men  of  his  acquaintance  in  other 
fields  of  activity. 

Senator  McKinley  was  one  of  those  strange 
characters  whom  a  great  many  people  knew  a  great 
deal  about,  but  whom  very  few  really,  knew.    He 

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seemed  to  shrink  from  unfolding  his  soul  to  those 
about  him.  Very  rarely  did  he  disclose  his  pur- 
poses to  any  save  those  who  were  bound  to  him  by 
the  very  closest  personal  or  spiritual  ties. 

He  was  one  of  the  few  men  I  have  known  who 
possessed  those  rare  qualities  of  mind  and  soul 
that  make  men  great  in  the  estimation  of  their 
fellowmen,  but  who  prefer  not  to  be  publicly 
praised  because  of  them. 

As  I  look  back  upon  the  life  of  Senator  McKinley, 
as  I  knew  him,  there  are  certain  qualities  of  his 
character  which  stand  out  prominently  in  the 
picture  of  his  life.  One  was  his  childlike  modesty. 
Modesty  very  rarely  clothes  those  who  attain  high 
place,  especially  in  the  realm  of  politics;  but  with 
Senator  McKinley  it  was  always  apparent.  He  did 
many  things  that  would  entitle  anyone  to  unre- 
served praise;  but  to  praise  him,  especially  in  his 
own  presence,  seemed  to  cause  him  embarrass- 
ment. He  was  always  doing  something  for  others; 
he  seemed  to  get  a  pleasure  out  of  helping  or  con- 
tributing to  the  pleasure  of  others  without  letting 
them  know  he  was  doing  it. 

How  easy  it  is  for  most  of  us  to  lend  a  helping 
hand  to  others,  or  bestow  our  favors  upon  others, 
when  we  can  hear  our  name  and  our  action  praised 
by  our  neighbors  for  doing  so.  But  how  very  few 
of  us  get  a  pleasure  from  helping  others  and  yet 
concealing  the  identity  of  the  helper.  That  was 
characteristic  of  Senator  McKinley.  He  possessed 
many  of  the  qualities  and  virtues  of  greatness 
hidden  or  dimmed  by  the  mantle  of  modesty. 


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WILLIAM    B.    McKINLEY 


But  any  appraisal  of  Senator  McKinley's  life 
and  work  would  be  incomplete  without  mention 
of  his  splendid  courage  and  his  indomitable  deter- 
mination to  accomplish  what  he  undertook  to  do. 
I  have  sometimes  suspected  that  it  was  to  these 
qualities  more  than  to  all  others  that  his  unusual 
success  in  business  was  due.  When  he  started  to 
do  a  thing  that  he  thought  was  right  and  desirable, 
nothing  could  turn  him  from  his  purpose.  Those 
who  were  interested  in  national  politics  before 
and  following  the  days  of  the  Chicago  convention 
in  which  Justice  Taft  was  nominated  for  President 
will  remember  and  appreciate  the  courage  and 
determination  with  which  Senator  McKinley  pur- 
sued the  work  he  had  in  hand.  Whether  it  was 
an  election  or  the  consummation  of  an  important 
business  transaction  or  the  enactment  of  legisla- 
tion in  which  he  felt  an  interest,  he  always  drove 
courageously  ahead,  and  gave  his  whole  heart  and 
splendid  energy  toward  the  accomplishment  of  his 
purpose  with  a  determination  that  could  not  be 
bent  or  halted  by  the  thought  of  defeat  or  the  fear 
of  results. 

But  under  the  surface  of  things  the  key  to  Sen- 
ator McKinley's  life  and  character  was  his  devo- 
tion to  service.  In  his  public  and  private  life  he 
served  others  unselfishly.  As  a  Member  of  the 
House  and  of  the  Senate  he  served  well  and  faith- 
fully those  whom  he  represented.  For  many  years 
before  his  death  he  was  prominently  identified 
with  the  Interparliamentary  Union,  an  interna- 
tional organization  composed  of  representatives 
from  the  parliaments  of  the  world  and  devoted  to 


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the  promotion  of  better  understanding  and  peace 
among  the  nations.  He  unselfishly  devoted  his 
time  and  his  energy  and  his  resources  to  that  great 
work,  because  he  thought  that  by  doing  so  he  was 
serving  his  country  and  the  cause  of  peace  by  pro- 
moting fuller  cooperation  and  better  understanding 
among  the  nations  of  the  world. 

In  his  private  life  and  his  various  business 
activities  he  was  always  willing  and  anxious  to  be 
of  some  helpful  service  to  others.  Whether  by 
contributing  to  their  welfare  or  to  their  pleasure, 
Senator  McKinley  seemed  to  get  his  greatest 
pleasure  from  serving  others. 

Many  of  us  here  can  recall,  I  am  sure,  how, 
when  he  was  a  Member  of  the  House,  he  always 
gave  a  reception  or  banquet  to  the  Members  at  the 
beginning  of  each  Congress  in  order  to  help  the 
new  Members  become  acquainted.  That  was  a  real 
service  to  all  the  Members.  I  recall  once  when  a 
congressional  party  was  returning  from  a  trip  to 
the  Canal  Zone.  We  all  wanted  to  call  at  Kingston, 
Jamaica,  and  spend  a  day  on  that  beautiful  island 
which  was  not  on  the  regular  route  for  our 
steamer.  Senator  McKinley  heard  members  of  the 
party  express  their  desire.  Without  letting  any- 
one on  board  know  who  did  it,  he,  at  his  own 
expense,  sent  a  wireless  message  from  the  center 
of  the  Caribbean  Sea  to  the  Secretary  of  War  in 
Washington  asking  for  an  order  to  the  captain  to 
call  at  Jamaica.  The  request  was  granted.  On 
orders  from  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  ship  was 
turned  from  her  course  and  steamed  into  Kingston 


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WILLIAM    B.    McKINLEY 


Harbor.  The  congressional  party  spent  a  wonder- 
ful day  motoring  through  the  tropical  mountain 
valleys  of  that  island,  and  none  of  the  party  knew 
how  it  had  happened.  That  was  characteristic  of 
Senator  McKinley.  He  was  always  trying  to  con- 
tribute to  the  happiness  of  others  without  letting 
them  know  he  did  so. 

The  Great  Teacher  of  Nazareth,  whom  we  all 
follow,  taught  His  disciples  to  serve  one  another 
and  that  they  would  be  the  greatest  who  served 
the  most.  I  have  sometimes  thought  that  Senator 
McKinley  believed  literally  in  that  doctrine  and 
tried  to  conform  his  life  to  that  precept. 

Senator  McKinley  was  one  of  the  most  charitable 
men  of  his  time.  By  his  own  efforts  he  accumu- 
lated a  large  fortune.  He  gave  it  freely  to  the 
service  of  others.  He  was  not  a  philanthropist  as 
that  term  is  popularly  understood,  because  his 
charities  were  usually  unannounced  and  unsung. 
The  philanthropist  of  to-day  gives  his  fortune  to 
some  great  cause  but  usually  does  it  in  such  a 
manner  as  to  leave  a  monument  to  perpetuate  his 
own  name  and  his  deeds.  Andrew  Carnegie  was  a 
philanthropist.  He  gave  away  millions  that  the 
public  might  have  free  libraries,  but  every  library 
is  a  monument  in  marble  to  perpetuate  the  name 
of  Andrew  Carnegie.  Mr.  Rockefeller  has  given 
many  millions  to  the  cause  of  science  and  educa- 
tion, but  the  Rockefeller  foundations  and  the 
university  buildings  will  forever  perpetuate  the 
name  of  Rockefeller. 

Senator  McKinley  gave  away  millions,  but  his 
gifts  provided  no  monuments  to  his  memory.    He 


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did  not  want  them  known  and  I  doubt  if  it  would 
be  in  accord  with  his  wishes  that  they  be  men- 
tioned on  this  occasion.  But  how  can  we  fitly 
speak  of  the  life  and  character  of  Senator 
McKinley  without  making  some  mention  of  his 
charity  which  was,  I  believe,  one  of  the  controlling 
motives  of  his  life  and  was  the  virtue  from  which 
he  derived  his  greatest  pleasure. 

I  have  known  very  few  men,  either  in  public  or 
private  life,  with  a  more  kindly  disposition  than 
Senator  McKinley.  At  his  funeral  one  of  his  most 
intimate  friends  said  of  him  that  he  was  childlike 
in  his  kindness  and  simplicity. 

A  sense  of  humor  is  always  a  happy  virtue  for 
anyone  in  public  life.  Senator  McKinley  was 
blessed  with  a  sense  of  humor  that  made  it  always 
a  pleasure  to  be  with  him.  In  the  course  of  his 
public  life  he  passed  through  many  stormy  and 
turbulent  times,  but  he  never  lost  his  temper  nor 
seemed  to  worry.  I  have  never  seen  him  angry. 
He  had  troubles,  of  course,  and  many  sorrows,  as 
all  of  us  have,  but  he  concealed  them  from  the 
world  and  always  showed  to  the  world  the  same 
kind  expression. 

Senator  McKinley  was  a  good  man;  he  was  a 
charitable  man;  he  was  an  able  and  wise  legislator 
and  possessed  many  elements  of  true  greatness  as 
a  man,  and  the  country,  as  well  as  the  State  of 
Illinois,  has  suffered  a  great  loss  in  his  passing. 


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WILLIAM    B.    McKINLEY 


gfobre-ete  bp  &epre*entattoe  gfofem* 

Of  Illinois 

Mr.  Speaker  and  Gentlemen  of  the  House:  At 
Petersburg,  111.,  on  September  5,  1856,  William  B. 
McKinley  was  born.  His  father  was  a  Presby- 
terian minister  and  not  financially  able  to  give  his 
son  the  advantages  of  early  education  and  training 
that  some  of  the  more  fortunate  boys  of  his  time 
received. 

I  think  Senator  McKinley's  life  is  the  greatest 
inspiration  to  the  humble-born  boy  I  have  ever 
known.  I  would  say  there  were  three  phases  of 
Senator  McKinley's  life — one  business,  one  politi- 
cal, and  one  constructive  philanthropy.  He  climbed 
to  the  top  of  the  "  ladder  of  success  "  in  each  field, 
which  demonstrates  to  the  young  man,  no  matter 
how  humble  born,  if  he  so  lives  and  conducts 
himself  and  has  the  right  kind  of  "  stuff  "  in  him, 
he  can  succeed  in  his  chosen  field  of  endeavor. 
No  other  country  in  the  world  offers  the  poor  boy 
such  an  opportunity,  and  is  it  any  wonder  that  the 
poor  people  of  other  lands  want  to  come  to  this 
country? 

At  the  age  of  48  years  Senator  McKinley  found 
his  various  business  enterprises  well  organized, 
and  as  he  often  stated — 

he  was  unnecessary  in  his  business  and  that  he  had  them 
so  well  organized  they  could  get  along  without  him. 

In  1904  he  was  elected  to  Congress.  I  cam- 
paigned the  district  for  him  each  time  he  was  a 

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candidate.  In  1912  when  our  party  was  divided  I 
was  returning  home  with  him  one  evening  and  we 
both  knew  we  were  conducting  a  losing  fight.  I 
asked  him  why  he  was  running  for  Congress  when 
he  had  already  served  four  terms  in  Congress,  had 
money  enough  to  meet  all  his  needs,  and  I  could 
not  see  why  he  should  work  so  hard  to  be  elected. 
He  then  told  me  that  he  had  all  the  money  he 
needed  and  that  he  did  not  care  whether  he  ever 
added  another  dollar  to  his  income  or  not.  He 
said  that  he  believed  that  every  citizen  who  makes 
a  large  fortune  in  a  community  should  give  some 
of  it  back  to  that  community  by  helping  worthy 
public  enterprises  and  institutions;  that  he  had 
enough  to  keep  him  and  to  contribute  to  worthy 
enterprises  each  year;  and  that  his  work  in 
Congress  kept  him  busy,  as  he  had  been  busy  for 
more  than  48  years  of  his  life. 

In  his  business  and  political  triumphs  or  failures 
he  was  the  same  congenial  and  modest  man.  His 
many  successes  in  business  activities  and  his  many 
successful  political  campaigns  never  turned  his 
head.  In  his  two  political  defeats  in  1912  and  1926 
his  attitude  toward  his  successful  rivals  was  such 
that  it  impressed  me  that  the  words  of  the  poet 
applied  to  his  case  when  he  said : 

Dear  Lord,  in  the  battle  that  goes  on  through  life, 

I  ask  but  a  field  that  is  fair, 
A  chance  that  is  equal  with  all  in  the  strife, 

A  courage  to  strive  and  to  dare; 
And  if  I  should  win,  let  it  be  by  the  code 

With  my  faith  and  my  honor  held  high; 
And  if  I  should  lose,  let  me  stand  by  the  road, 

And  cheer  as  the  winners  go  by. 


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WILLIAM    B.    McKINLEY 


Rev.  J.  Walter  Malone,  pastor  of  the  George  Mc- 
Kinley  Memorial  Church,  erected  by  the  Senator 
in  memory  of  his  father,  said  of  Senator  Mc- 
Kinley's  interest  in  education  and  his  desire  for 
world  peace  that  while  reading  a  passage  in  Doctor 
Fosdick's  book,  The  Meaning  of  Service,  I  came  to 
these  words: 

"  When  we  see  a  wealthy  man,  who  honorably  fortunate, 
is  as  simple  in  his  life  and  as  sensitive  in  his  conscience 
as  when  he  was  a  boy,  as  amiable,  approachable,  demo- 
cratic, fraternal,  and  generous  as  when  his  business  life 
began,  we  have  seen  one  of  the  most  difficult  and  admirable 
spiritual  victories  that  a  man  can  win." 

When  I  read  this  I  wrote  in  the  margin  of  the  book 
the  initials  of  Senator  McKinley. 

He  gave  away  a  large  fortune  to  churches, 
schools,  hospitals,  and  other  worthy  struggling 
public  institutions  which  were  helped  because  he 
felt  it  his  Christian  duty  to  do  so  and  very  few  peo- 
ple knew  about  it.  The  many  men  in  Illinois  who 
he  helped  financially  through  college  will  tell  you 
how  Senator  McKinley  helped  them  get  started  in 
life  but  the  Senator  would  never  tell  you.  The  fine 
Christian  training  he  received  at  the  fireside  of  his 
father  and  mother  remained  a  part  of  him  through 
life  and  he  devoted  his  life  and  fortune  to  the  bet- 
terment of  mankind.  In  other  words,  he  impressed 
me  as  the  man  who — 

lived  in  a  house  by  the  side  of  the  road  and  was  a  friend 
to  man. 


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gfooreste  fop  Bepreaentattoe  Parfclep 

Of  Kentucky 

Mr.  Speaker:  Between  the  States  of  Kentucky 
and  Illinois  there  has  always  existed  a  bond  of 
sentimental  affection.  Kentucky  was  the  first  State 
carved  out  of  that  vast  territory  west  of  the 
Alleghenies  which  formed  that  great  midcontinent 
to  which  we  refer  with  pride  and  admiration.  The 
opening  up  of  Kentucky  soon  after  the  Revolution 
excited  the  venturesome  spirit  of  the  pioneers,  men 
and  women,  who  lived  along  the  eastern  fringe  of 
the  country.  Then  later,  that  same  venturesome 
spirit  led  to  the  settlement  of  Illinois  and  Indiana, 
and  other  States  north  and  west.  It  is  a  source  of 
great  pride  to  us  in  Kentucky  that  some  of  the 
greatest  names  that  have  adorned  the  pages  of  the 
history  of  Illinois  were  born  in  Kentucky — Shelby 
M.  Gullom,  the  first  Governor  Yates,  Adlai  E. 
Stevenson,  who  was  my  grandmother's  first  cousin 
and  of  whom  I  used  to  sit  and  listen  as  a  boy  to  the 
stories  she  told  of  him  after  she  lived  to  see  him 
Vice  President  of  the  United  States. 

The  greatest  of  all,  of  course,  was  Abraham 
Lincoln,  who  went  from  Kentucky  to  Indiana  and 
then  into  Illinois.  So  from  a  historical  standpoint 
Kentucky  and  Illinois  have  always  felt  close 
together,  and  as  a  Representative  from  Kentucky 
I  find  special  pleasure  in  offering  a  word  of  tribute 
to  one  of  the  really  great  and  good  men  of  Illinois. 


[46] 


WILLIAM    B.    Mc KIN LEY 


The  House  of  Representatives  is  a  fair  cross 
section  of  the  people  of  the  United  States.  Men 
from  time  immemorial  have  railed  against  it,  and 
no  doubt  will  continue  to  rail  against  the  House 
for  what  they  deem  to  be  its  shortcomings,  but  I 
doubt  whether  in  any  country  in  the  world  or  in 
any  other  sort  of  body  in  this  country  a  more 
representative  group  of  men  could  be  gathered 
together  by  any  process  or  in  any  profession  than 
is  represented  here  year  after  year  by  the  mem- 
bership of  this  House  chosen  by  the  people. 
Frequently  we  see  members  come  here  and  we 
wonder  what  it  is  about  them  that  attracts  public 
attention  and  draws  the  voter  to  them,  and 
probably  in  our  ignorance  and  in  some  instances 
in  our  egotism  we  express  wonder  at  the  election 
of  such  and  such  a  man  to  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives. Yet  when  we  become  intimately  ac- 
quainted with  these  men,  we  learn  that  there  are 
hidden  virtues  and  qualities  which  can  not  be 
discovered  upon  superficial  acquaintance.  These 
qualities  have  been  impressed  upon  those  who 
trust  them,  who  are  willing  to  confide  to  their 
keeping  the  destinies  of  a  great  nation. 

Senator  McKinley  was  such  a  man.  He  was 
defeated  in  1912,  the  year  when  I  was  first  elected 
to  this  body.  So  I  did  not  know  him  until  he  came 
back  again  two  years  later.  When  he  came  into 
the  House  again  I  had,  of  course,  known  him  in  a 
newspaper  sense  for  some  years  as  a  Member  of 
Congress,  and  when  I  observed  his  quiet,  unobtru- 
sive methods,  coming  as  I  do  from  a  State  which 


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has  been  noted  for  its  picturesque  political  con- 
troversies, I  wondered  just  how  it  was  that  a  man 
of  his  temperament  and  type  could  appeal  to  the 
rough-and-tumble  spirit  of  a  State  like  Illinois, 
whose  political  controversies  have  been  noted  for 
their  picturesque  characteristics.  But  when  I 
learned  to  know  Senator  McKinley  and  to  know 
his  real  worth,  his  real  qualities,  his  real  virtues, 
his  real  heart,  I  could  understand  why  in  a  State 
like  his  and  like  mine  it  might  come  about  that 
people  would  conclude  that  statesmanship  is  not 
always  sound  and  fury.  I  did  not  become  as  well 
acquainted  with  Senator  McKinley  in  the  House 
as  I  did  after  he  became  a  Member  of  the  Senate, 
because  it  fell  to  my  lot  to  make  two  rather 
extended  trips  with  him — one  to  Panama  on 
the  occasion  referred  to  by  the  gentleman  from 
Illinois  [Mr.  Denison]  and  later  on  an  extended 
trip  to  Europe.  On  these  intimate  acquaintance- 
ships which  travel  together  always  brings  about  I 
learned  to  appreciate  the  real  qualities  of  this  real 
man.  I  recall  his  activities  as  the  head  of  the 
American  group  of  the  Interparliamentary  Union. 
I  had  not  been  named  as  one  of  the  delegates 
originally,  but  one  of  those  who  had  been  named 
for  some  reason  was  unable  to  go,  and  Senator 
McKinley  approached  me  with  only  one  day's 
notice  before  the  sailing  of  the  ship  with  a  request 
that  I  take  the  place  of  the  delegate  who  could 
not  go. 

Of  course  it  afforded  me  an  opportunity  which 
was  wholly  unexpected,   and  I  scurried  around 


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WILLIAM    B.    McKINLEY 


with  his  assistance  and  got  my  passport  and  photo- 
graph and  all  of  the  necessary  accouterments  of  a 
trip  of  that  sort;  and  on  the  way  over,  in  Europe, 
and  on  the  way  back  I  became  intimately  ac- 
quainted with  this  good  man.  He  was  kindness 
and  generosity  personified.  He  was  the  soul  of 
courtesy.  He  was  a  diplomat.  In  the  cross  cur- 
rents of  opinion  that  existed  among  the  25  or  30 
nations  that  were  represented  at  the  Interparlia- 
mentary Union  at  Stockholm,  Senator  McKinley 
was  more  instrumental  in  smoothing  out  differ- 
ences and  rubbing  off  the  rough  edges  and  sharp 
corners  and  bringing  about  harmony  than  any 
other  man  from  any  delegation  at  that  great 
conference. 

So,  my  friends,  I  am  glad  to  pay  this  feeble  tribute 
to  Senator  McKinley,  who  was  my  friend,  as  a 
conscientious,  devoted,  unselfish,  modest,  public 
servant,  who  impressed  his  personality  not  only 
upon  Illinois  but  upon  the  United  States,  and  whose 
monument  can  not  be  expressed  in  cold  marble  or 
stone.  As  I  think  of  him  I  recall  an  inscription 
that  I  saw  on  that  same  trip  in  St.  Paul's  Cathedral 
in  London.  I  had  been  with  some  other  members 
through  the  Westminster  Abbey  and  had  viewed 
the  wax  figures  of  kings  and  queens  and  had  seen 
the  tombs  of  historians,  poets,  and  warriors  in  that 
great  abbey.  From  there  we  went  over  to  St. 
Paul's,  designed  and  built  by  that  great  English 
architect,  Sir  Christopher  Wren,  who  was  the  de- 
signer of  nearly  all  of  the  magnificent  buildings 
you  will  find  in  London.    Finally  we  came  to  his 


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tomb  in  the  floor  of  this  great  cathedral,  and  on  it 
were  inscribed  these  words: 

Here  lies  the  body  of  Sir  Christopher  Wren,  the  builder 
of  this  cathedral.  He  lived  not  for  himself  alone  but  for 
mankind.     Stranger,  if  you  seek  a  monument,  look  around. 

There  may  be  no  tall  shaft  of  marble  erected  to 
the  memory  of  Senator  McKinley.  I  think  his 
whole  life  typifies  that  inscription  on  that  tomb  of 
Sir  Christopher  Wren.  He  lived  not  for  himself 
alone,  but  for  mankind.  Stranger,  if  you  seek  a 
monument,  look  around — look  around  at  better 
men,  better  cities,  better  schools,  better  homes, 
better  States,  a  better  Nation,  and  a  better  world, 
made  better  because  he  lived  and  worked  in  it. 
Let  us  hope  that  all  of  us  here  who  participate  in 
these  exercises  may  deserve  such  an  inscription 
when  our  time  shall  come. 


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WILLIAM    B.    McKINLEY 


gfofcreste  op  &epre$entattbe  button 

Of  Ohio 

Mr.  Speaker:  To  those  of  us  who  are  advanced 
in  age  it  is  a  source  of  the  deepest  sorrow  that  we 
must  witness  the  passing  on  of  a  majority  of  those 
whom  we  have  loved. 

There  are  so  many  younger  in  years  with  bright 
hopes  and  work  incomplete  who  are  taken  away 
before  us.  Troops  of  friends  may  remain,  but  in 
the  roster  of  those  with  whom  we  have  associated 
much  the  larger  share  have  gone  on  before  us.  So 
many  have  had  occasion  to  say — 

My  boyhood  friend  has  fallen, 

The  pillar  of  my  trust, 
The  true,  the  wise,  the  beautiful, 

Is  sleeping  in  the  dust. 

It  was  my  good  fortune  to  know  William 
McKinley  intimately.  He  first  came  to  Congress 
in  1905.  I  traveled  with  him,  I  worked  with  him, 
we  were  interested  together  in  a  great  number  of 
causes,  and  during  that  score  of  years  I  saw  him 
sometimes  in  triumph  and  sometimes  in  defeat. 
I  saw  him  when  he  was  in  the  pride  of  health  and 
again  when  he  was  suffering  and  racked  with 
pain.  Always  there  was  in  him  a  constancy  and 
equanimity,  a  faith  and  will  power  which  raised 
him  above  his  immediate  surroundings. 

In  his  public  career  he  inspired  confidence  by 
his  unswerving  integrity  and  loyalty  and  by  his 
discriminating  judgment.     He  did  not  claim  to  be 

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an  orator,  but  he  was  a  master  of  terse  and  forceful 
statement.  His  words  were  few  but  weighty.  I 
think  in  no  public  man  with  whom  I  have  been 
acquainted  was  there  more  highly  developed  the 
virtue  of  modesty.  In  his  private  life  he  was 
termed  a  capitalist.  He  acquired  wealth,  but  that 
wealth  was  freely  dispensed  to  kindred  and  friends, 
to  charity,  for  education,  for  religion,  always  with 
an  eye  to  the  public  good.  Where  devoted  hands 
seek  to  lift  up  the  heads  of  the  poor  and  suffering 
his  benefactions  are  widely  known  and  will  be  very 
helpful  in  the  years  that  are  to  come.  It  may  be 
said  of  him  that  he  enjoyed  business  success, 
political  preferment,  service;  but  the  greatest  of 
these  was  service.  He  inspired  the  confidence  of 
his  friends  by  his  affection  for  them,  by  his 
loyalty,  by  his  good  will,  by  his  helpful  suggestions. 
We  must  in  the  last  analysis  judge  of  anyone  who 
lives  on  this  sphere,  not  as  a  statesman,  not  as  a 
legislator  or  general,  but  by  what  he  was  as  a  man, 
and  judged  by  this  standard  we  may  say  of  him — 

His  life  was  gentle  and  the  elements  so  mixed  in  him 
that  Nature  might  stand  up  and  say  to  all  the  world,  this 
was  a  man. 

Reference  has  been  made  to  his  association  with 
the  Interparliamentary  Union.  For  six  years  he 
was  president  of  the  American  group.  He  was  the 
leader  and  the  bulwark  of  that  organization.  He 
was  intensely  interested  in  the  cause  of  world 
peace  and  understanding.  He  attended  six  of  those 
international  gatherings,  and  in  each  he  was 
notably  a  diplomat,  bringing  together  conflicting 
interests,  preventing  any  friction  or  jar. 


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william  b.  Mckinley 


I  may  almost  say  that  while  he  said  the  least,  he 
accomplished  the  most.  I  remember  with  the 
keenest  satisfaction  how  the  representatives  of 
many  nations  stood  with  bowed  heads  at  Geneva 
last  September  when  a  cablegram  to  him  was 
framed  expressing  sympathy  and  hope  for  his 
recovery.  It  will  be  exceedingly  difficult  to  fill  his 
place,  not  merely  in  that  organization  but  in  the 
great  causes  in  which  he  was  so  much  interested. 
His  work  is  done.  I  saw  him  not  many  months 
before  his  death,  after  the  mortification  of  defeat, 
tortured  by  pain,  realizing  not  dimly  but  vividly 
that  his  end  was  near,  yet  I  never  saw  a  braver 
spirit  than  his  in  those  days  of  weakness  and 
distress.  He  has  passed  from  us.  His  body  will 
lie  in  the  cemetery  at  Champaign,  in  the  com- 
munity where  he  delighted  to  dwell,  in  the  State 
which  honored  and  loved  him,  in  the  country  to 
which  he  gave  so  many  years  of  faithful  and 
efficient  service.  I  can  not  forbear  to  say  that  such 
a  life  as  his  revivifies  and  strengthens  our  belief  in 
immortality.  In  the  wonderful  scheme  of  creation, 
is  it  possible  that  such  a  life  shall  be  swallowed  up 
and  lost?  I  can  not  believe  it.  I  rather  feel  like 
uttering  the  sentiment, 

Nor  blame  I  death  because  he  bare 
The  use  of  virtue  out  of  earth; 
I  know  transplanted  human  worth 
Will  bloom  to  profit  otherwhere. 


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gfouretfs;  bp  Bkepresientattoe  Jflontague 

Of  Virginia 

Mr.  Speaker  :  I  was  a  Member  of  the  House  when 
Senator  McKinley,  after  an  absence  of  one  term, 
returned  to  this  body  in  1915.  I  recall  how  unob- 
trusively he  sat  near  the  rear  on  the  left.  He 
never  sought  the  "  high  places  of  the  synagogue." 
This  act  was  one  of  many  so  typical  of  his  modesty. 
I  had  never  seen  him  and  was  rather  surprised  at 
his  appearance,  as  I  expected  one  of  more  com- 
manding presence.  Through  chance  I  was  shortly 
thrown  into  personal  contact  with  him,  and  I  then 
quickly  learned  his  real  worth.  I  discerned  at 
once  his  administrative  talent  and  judgment,  cou- 
pled with  great  industry  and  tact,  and  then  under- 
stood the  wisdom  of  his  selection  in  the  councils 
of  his  party. 

Latterly  I  was  thrown  more  intimately  with  him 
as  president  of  the  American  group  of  the  Inter- 
parliamentary Union.  I  accompanied  him  and  the 
group  on  four  trips  abroad,  and  was  associated 
with  him  when  the  conference  met  in  this  Hall  in 
1925. 

One  had  to  be  rather  closely  associated  with  Sen- 
ator McKinley  to  appreciate  his  full  worth.  When 
working  in  a  small  company,  solving  difficult  and 
complicated  questions,  his  mind  worked  rapidly, 
justly,  and  accurately  in  assembling  and  assessing 
the  real  points  involved. 

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WILLIAM    B.    McKINLEY 


On  these  trips  abroad  every  member  of  the 
American  Interparliamentary  group,  as  well  as 
those  of  their  families  who  accompanied  him,  es- 
teemed Senator  McKinley  as  a  personal  friend.  It 
was  surprising  and  pleasurable  to  realize  how  con- 
siderate and  helpful  he  was  to  all  the  members  of 
the  group,  even  when  engrossed  in  matters  of  re- 
sponsibility and  detail.  There  was  no  day  that 
he  did  not  evidence  his  kindly  assistance  to  one  or 
more  members  of  the  group. 

It  will  be  difficult  to  fill  his  place  as  president  of 
the  American  group.  He  performed  the  varied 
duties  of  this  position  with  great  diligence  and 
success,  giving  every  phase  of  the  work  unstinted 
energy  and  well-poised  judgment.  He  never 
seemed  to  hurry,  but  was  prodigious  in  accom- 
plishments. 

I  fear  that  the  most  prominent  qualification  for 
modern  political  success  is  audacity.  This  Sena- 
tor McKinley  did  not  possess;  he  was  among  the 
diminishing  number  of  public  servants  who  did 
great  work  under  the  shield  of  modesty.  He 
seemed  to  efface  himself;  he  accomplished  big 
things  without  desiring  praise  therefor. 

I  was  one  of  the  committee  of  the  Congress  who 
attended  the  obsequies  of  Senator  McKinley  in  his 
home  town  of  Champaign.  The  funeral  was  most 
impressive.  There  was  no  display,  no  pomp,  nor 
circumstance — in  full  keeping  with  his  taste,  his 
simplicity,  and  naturalness.  The  church  was 
packed  with  sorrowful  neighbors  and  friends.  The 
altar  was  heaped  with  flowers,  as  if  the  Tropics 
had  kindly  showered  their  floral  wealth  upon  his 

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bier.  Great  crowds,  unable  to  gain  standing  room 
in  the  church,  stood  without  upon  wet  sod  and 
streets  and  in  the  chilling  winds,  apparently 
unconscious  of  any  discomfort  save  the  heavy 
weight  of  their  sad  hearts.  The  music  was  of  a 
high  and  appealing  order.  The  sermon  of  the 
pastor  was  concise,  but  exhibiting  great  sincerity 
and  dignity.  Then  followed  an  address  by  the 
president  of  a  college  which  Senator  McKinley 
had  largely  aided  in  maintaining  and  developing — 
an  address  of  impressive  force,  not  of  studied 
phrase,  but  a  clear  and  effective  analysis  of  his 
subject's  life. 

I  think  I  sum  up  that  address  and  the  minds  of 
everyone  present  when  I  say  that  we  may  speak  by 
the  hour  of  Senator  McKinley  only  to  come  to  one 
conclusion,  namely,  that  he  was  a  good  man, 
singular  in  the  fidelities  of  life,  the  sanctities  of 
home,  the  capacity  for  friendships,  and  diligent  in 
business  for  nobler  and  higher  ends.  The  opera- 
tions of  his  spirit  in  philanthropy  and  altruism 
was  the  applied  philosophy  of  his  life. 

I  wish  to  mention  another  characteristic  of 
Senator  McKinley,  and  that  was  his  extraordinary 
patience,  which  is  no  insignificant  gift  in  the 
category  of  human  excellencies.  He  was  equa- 
nimity itself.  With  unruffled  mind  he  met  the 
irritations  and  exactions  of  public  life,  justly, 
kindly,  and  industriously  disposing  of  each 
frictional  incident  as  it  arose.  He  seemed  to  have 
achieved  the  equilibriums  of  life.  I  can  well  see 
how  the  people  of  the  great  State  of  Illinois, 
belonging  as  it  does  to  that  section  of  the  country 


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WILLIAM    B.    McKINLEY 


that  is  now  or  soon  will  be  the  center  of  social, 
economic,  and  political  gravity  of  this  Nation, 
elected  him  year  after  year  to  high  places  of  public 
trust.  They  discovered  the  inherent  merits  of 
Senator  McKinley,  the  merits  of  diplomacy,  of 
parliamentary  efficiency,  and  practical  sagacity, 
but,  most  of  all,  those  great  human  qualities  that 
reach  out  and  touch  all.  It  is  not  the  Senate  or  the 
favor  of  the  multitude  that  makes  greatness,  but 
the  inner  self  that  sees  the  luminous  line  in  the 
clouted  struggle,  that  hears  the  cries  and  hope  of 
humanity,  and  that  gladly  responds  to  the  light 
and  the  call. 

To-day,  as  in  the  many  days  to  come,  we  recall 
his  gentle  personality,  his  multiform  and  con- 
siderate courtesies,  his  refined  and  humorous 
amenities,  and  his  high  sense  of  public  duty  and 
service.  His  friends  will  not  forget  him,  and  his 
country  will  embalm  him  in  grateful  memory. 

Mr.  Speaker,  I  ask  leave  to  file  letters  and  tele- 
grams from  some  of  the  distinguished  men  of 
other  lands  who  were  associated  with  Senator 
McKinley  in  the  work  and  deliberations  of  the 
Interparliamentary  Union. 

(Circular  to  the  Groups  No.  3   (1927)    on   death  of  Mr. 
W.  B.  McKinley,  president  of  the  American  group) 

Interparliamentary  Union, 

5,  Place  Claparede, 
Geneva,  January  17,  1927. 

[Telegrams :  Interparlement-Geneve] 
Mr.  President,  we  deeply  regret  to  announce  the  death, 
which  occurred  on  December  7  last,  of  Senator  William 
B.   McKinley,    president    of   the   American    group.     The 

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event  was  not  unexpected,  as  Senator  McKinley  had  been 
seriously  ill  for  many  months,  and  his  recovery  had  long 
been  despaired  of. 

All  who  have  met  Mr.  McKinley  at  our  postwar  con- 
ferences and  particularly  those  who  were  privileged  to 
take  part  in  the  Washington  conference  over  which  he  so 
ably  presided  will  cherish  his  memory  with  respectful 
gratitude.  They  will  no  doubt  wish  to  send  a  message  of 
sympathy  to  the  American  group,  for  whom  the  death  of 
Senator  McKinley  is  a  heavy  loss. 

An  article  on  the  life  and  work  of  our  deceased  colleague 
will  appear  in  the  next  number  of  the  "  Rulletin,"  but  it  is 
felt  that  the  groups  should  be  informed  without  delay  of 
the  sad  news. 

I  am,  dear  sir,  your  obedient  servant, 

Chr.  L.  Lange, 
Secretary  General  Interparliamentary  Union. 


Ottawa,  January  11,  1927. 
Mr.  Arthur  Deerin  Call, 

American  Peace  Society, 

Colorado  Building,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Dear  Mr.  Call:  It  was  very  thoughtful  of  you  to  send 
me   a   number   of  "  The  Advocate   of  Peace "  in   which 
appears    a    sympathetic    reference    to    the    late    Senator 
William  R.  McKinley. 

I  have  read  this  with  much  interest  and  sympathy.  I 
learned,  during  the  short  time  of  my  very  pleasant  meeting 
of  the  late  Mr.  McKinley,  to  love  and  admire  him  for  his 
kindness  and  his  genuine  and  human  philosophy. 

May  I  renew  the  expression  of  my  warmest  good  wishes 
for  the  New  Year  and  with  the  hope  of  having  the  pleasure 
of  meeting  you  soon. 

Relieve  me,  most  sincerely  yours, 

N.  A.  Relcourt, 
President  Canadian  Group. 


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WILLIAM    B.    Mc  KIN  LEY 


9,  Square  Vergote, 
Brussels,   January   19,   1927. 
To  the  President  and  Members  of  the  United  States  Group 
of  the  Interparliamentary  Union. 
Dear  Sirs  :  In  the  name  of  my  colleagues  of  the  Belgian 
group  of  the  Interparliamentary  Union,  I  am  led  to  express 
to  you  the  regrets  that  come  to  us  all  in  hearing  of  the 
death  of  Senator  "William  B.  McKinley,  your  venerated 
president.     Those   among  us   who   had   the  privilege   of 
knowing  him  will  always  hold  a  precious  memory. 

His  courtesy,  devotion  to  the  ideas  which  are  at  the 
foundation  of  the  Interparliamentary  Union,  the  welcome 
which  he  extended  to  us  during  the  sessions  of  the  Inter- 
parliamentary Union  held  in  Washington  in  1925,  created 
between  him  and  us  bonds  of  affection  and  friendship 
which  will  survive  his  passing.  Death  can  separate  men 
but  it  is  powerless  to  make  them  forget. 

We  quite  understand  all  the  pain  which  must  be  yours 
because  of  the  loss  of  him  who  guided  your  actions  toward 
that  better  entente  between  peoples.  We  share  in  this 
most  keenly  and  pray  you  to  believe  in  our  cordial 
sentiments  of  sympathy. 

The  President, 

H.  LaFontaine, 
President  of  the  Belgian  Group. 


Llanover  Abergavenny,  South  Wales, 

January  20,  1927. 
Arthur  D.  Call,  Esq. 

Dear  Sir:  As  president  of  the  British  group  of  the 
Interparliamentary  Union  I  have  the  sad  duty  of  con- 
veying to  you,  on  behalf  of  my  group,  an  expression  of 
the  deep  regret  with  which  we  have  received  the  news 
of  the  death  of  Senator  William  B.  McKinley,  president 
of  the  American  group  of  the  union. 

To  me  personally  the  meeting  with  Senator  McKinley 
was  a  pleasure  which  I  had  many  times  enjoyed  at  various 
gatherings  connected  with  the  union  in  Europe  and  to 

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which  I  have  always  looked  forward  with  many  of  my 
colleagues,  who,  more  fortunate  than  I,  took  part  in  the 
conference  of  Washington  in  1925,  will  always  retain  a 
happy  memory  of  his  pleasing  personality. 

May  I  ask  you  to  be  so  good  as  to  convey  this  expression 
of  our  sympathy  to  the  members  of  your  group  of  the 
union  whom  we  would  wish  to  join  in  the  expression  of 
condolence  which  they  will  doubtless  address  to  the 
family  of  their  president  and  our  colleague  and  friend. 
Believe  me,  dear  sir, 

Yours  very  sincerely, 

Treowen, 
President  of  the  British  Group. 


Dublin,  January  20,  1927. 
Call, 

613  Colorado  Building,  Washington: 
Irish  group  Interparliamentary  Union  sends  deep  sym- 
pathy on  death  of  Senator  McKinley. 

Hayes,  Speaker  Dail  Eireann. 


Kjoebenhavn,  January  29,  1927. 
Call, 

American  Interparliamentary  Group, 

Washington: 
Danish    Interparliamentary    group    learn    with    deep 
sadness  about  President  McKinley's  death  and  want  to 
express  sympathy  with  the  severe  loss  of  the  American 
group. 

MOLTESEN  LAUESGAARD, 

Secretary  Danish  Group. 


's-Gravenhage,  January  21,  1927. 
The  United  States  Group  of  the  Interparliamentary  Union: 
The  Dutch  group  of  the  Interparliamentary  Union  just 
now  has  become  aware  of  the  decease  on  December  7 
of  Mr.  W.  B.  McKinley,  your  venerated  president. 

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WILLIAM    B.    Mc KIN LEY 


The  group  knows  that  his  death  is  not  only  a  bereave- 
ment for  the  United  States  members  of  the  Interparlia- 
mentary Union,  but  that  the  union  in  its  entirety  will 
feel  keenly  the  loss  of  this  noble  man,  who  was  one  of 
the  best  friends  of  peace  movement  and  international 
understanding. 

We  beg  you  to  be  sure  of  the  feelings  of  high  respect  the 
Dutch  group  will  connect  with  the  memory  of  Mr. 
McKinley. 

wlttert  van  hoogland, 
President,  Dutch  Group. 


Hungarian  Group  of  the 
Interparliamentary  Union, 

Budapest,  January  22,  1927. 
Mr.  Arthur  Deerin  Gall, 

Secretary  of  the  American  Group  of  the 

Interparliamentary  Union,  Washington. 
Sir:  The  Hungarian  group  of  the  Interparliamentary 
Union  expresses  its  profoundest  regret  upon  the  death  of 
Senator  William  B.  McKinley,  president  of  the  American 
group  of  the  union.  Senator  McKinley  was  one  of  the 
most  prominent  representatives  and  most  illustrious  in 
activities  tending  to  realize  the  noble  ends  of  our  union. 
We  are  conscious  of  the  great  loss  which  his  death  means 
to  the  American  group,  especially  as  many  members  of 
our  group  were  privileged  to  enjoy  the  amiable  and 
hospitable  reception  extended  by  the  deceased  upon  the 
occasion  of  the  last  conference  of  the  Interparliamentary 
Union  in  Washington. 

Please   accept,  dear  Mr.   Secretary,  the   expression   of 
our  highest  consideration. 

A.  de  Berzeviczy, 

President. 
E.   de   Badisics, 

Secretary  General. 


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January  24,  1927. 
Mr.  A.  D.  Call, 

Secretary  American  Group  of  the 

Interparliamentary  Union, 
Colorado  Building,  Washington,  D.  C. 
My  Dear  Mr.  Call:  I  have  received  from  the  Finnish 
group  of  the  Interparliamentary  Union  a  communication 
requesting  me  to  express  to  the  American  group  the  deep 
regret  and  sympathy  they  have  felt  upon  learning  of  the 
death  of  Senator  William  B.  McKinley,  late  chairman  of 
the  American  group  of  the  Interparliamentary  Union. 

May  I  request  you  to  convey  this  message  to  the  Ameri- 
can Interparliamentary  Union? 
I  am,  my  dear  Mr.  Call, 
Very  truly  yours, 

L.  Astrom, 
Minister  of  Finland,  President  Finnish  Group. 


Seanad  Eireann, 
Tigh  Laighean  (Leinster  House), 
Baile  Atha  Cliath  (Dublin),  January  26,  1927. 

Arthur  Deerin  Call,  Esq., 

613  Colorado  Building,  Washington,  D.  C,  U.  S.  A. 
Dear  Sir:  On  the  20th  instant  Deputy  Hayes,  Speaker 
of  Dail  Eireann,  sent  you  a  telegram  in  the   following 
form: 

"  Irish    group    Interparliamentary    Union    sends    deep 
sympathy  on  death  of  Senator  McKinley." 

I  am  directed  by  the  Irish  group  to  send  you  further  the 
inclosed  resolution  of  regret  on  the  death  of  the  distin- 
guished president  of  your  group. 
Yours  very  truly, 

Diarmid  Coffey,  Secretary. 


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WILLIAM    B.    Mc KIN LEY 


Seanad  Eireann, 
Tigh  Laighean  (Leinster  House), 

Baile  Atha  Cliath  (Dublin). 
The  Irish  group  of  the  Interparliamentary  Union  wishes 
to  place  on  record  its  sense  of  the  great  loss  suffered,  first, 
by  the  United  States  group,  and,  secondly,  by  the  Inter- 
parliamentary Union  in  general,  in  the  death  of  Senator 
William  B.  McKinley,  president  of  the  United  States 
group.  Senator  McKinley's  work  for  world  peace  will 
remain  as  a  record  of  his  ability,  and  will  serve  as  an 
inspiration  to  members  of  the  Interparliamentary  Union 
in  all  countries.  The  Irish  group  remembers  with  grati- 
tude the  kindness  and  hospitality  extended  to  its  delegates 
by  Senator  McKinley  in  the  course  of  their  visit  to  the 
United  States  in  1925,  and  expresses  its  sympathy  with  the 
United  States  group  and  with  his  relatives  in  the  loss  they 
have  sustained. 

D.  Coffey,  Honorable  Secretary. 
January  26,  1927. 

Kiel,  Germany,  January  27,  1927. 
To    the    United   States   of   America   Group    of   Intcrpar- 

liamentary    Union;    to    the    Hands    of    the    Chairman, 

Washington,  Capitol. 

Gentlemen:  It  is  only  in  these  days  that  our  group 
with  deep  regret  has  got  notice  of  the  demise  of  Mr. 
McKinley,  chairman  of  your  group.  And  we  have  heard 
with  living  pain  that  he  had  still  to  endure  a  wearisome 
sickness.  We  feel  it  our  greatest  duty  at  this  occasion  to 
express  to  your  branch  of  our  organization  our  sincerest 
condolence.  There  is  nobody  among  us  who  would  not 
have  had  any  opportunity  to  get  acquainted  with  Mr. 
McKinley  in  the  conferences  of  our  union  and  would  not 
have  been  impressed  with  deep  respect  for  the  personality 
of  the  deceased.  The  plainness  of  his  air,  joined  to  his 
high  intelligence  and  his  noble  feeling,  made  him  a  repre- 
sentative of  your  grand  people  such  as  could  not  be 
imagined    more    impressive.     If    all    our    members    feel 


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sincerely  afflicted,  knowing  that  such  a  man  does  not 
live  more,  those  members  of  our  group  particularly  must 
feel  so  who  could  assist  the  last  full  session  in  the 
U.  S.  A.  The  splendid  manner  in  which  he  presided 
over  our  assembly  and  all  his  endeavors  for  widest 
hospitality  we  enjoyed  make  his  person  in  quite  par- 
ticular manner  unforgotten  to  those  who  took  part  in 
that  voyage.  I  have  been  charged  to  express  to  the 
U.  S.  A.  branch,  in  the  name  of  all  members  of  the 
German  group,  our  sincere  condolence  and  to  assure  that 
the  memory  of  this  eminent  man  will  ever  be  highly 
honored  by  us. 

I  beg  to  accept  the  expression  of  my  highest  esteem. 
Yours  truly, 

WALTHER   SCHUCKING, 

Secretary  German  Group. 


The  Czechoslovak  Group 
Interparliamentary  Union, 

XXIII  Conference, 
Prague,  February  10,  1927. 
Dear  Sir:  The  circular  letter  from  the  secretary  general 
of  the  Interparliamentary  Union,  by  Christian  L.  Lange, 
brings  us  the  news  which  is  sad,  not  only  for  your 
interparliamentary  group,  but  which  touches  deeply  the 
hearts  of  us  all.  It  is  with  the  greatest  sorrow  that  we 
have  read  that  a  man  so  quick  and  active,  who  presided 
with  so  much  vigor  and  directed  the  twenty-third  con- 
ference in  the  United  States  of  America,  and  of  whom  all 
the  members  believed  they  were  taking  leave  only  for  the 
briefest  time,  that  this  illustrious  and  amiable  man, 
Senator  William  B.  McKinley,  has  left  us  forever. 

Permit  me,  my   dear  secretary,  to  pray  you  be   kind 
enough  to  transmit  to  your  interparliamentary  group  the 
expression  of  our  profoundest  condolences. 
For  the  Czechoslovak  group  of  the  Interparliamentary 

Union. 

Jaroslav  Brarec,  President. 
Otokar  Neruska,  Secretary. 

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WILLIAM    B.    Mc KIN LEY 


gtobretfs:  bp  &epregentattbe  J&\\\ 

Of  Illinois 

Mr.  Speaker  :  In  this  life  we  come  in  contact  with 
all  kinds  of  men.  It  would  be  a  queer  world  if 
all  were  of  the  same  temperament,  the  same  type, 
and  of  the  same  mind.  So,  it  seems  that  each  man 
must  conduct  his  life  on  an  individual  plan.  Some 
pursue  one  course  and  others  pursue  another; 
some  are  more  energetic  than  others;  some  are 
more  humble  than  others. 

My  experience  in  meeting  with  men  has  been  a 
large  one  because  a  great  portion  of  my  life  has 
been  spent  in  traveling  over  the  country  and  I  have 
been  thrown  in  contact  with  all  kinds  of  people. 

My  latter  years  brought  me  in  contact  with  poli- 
ticians, men  who  were  in  politics  for  the  game, 
men  who  were  in  politics  for  the  office,  and  men 
who  were  in  politics  not  only  for  the  thrill  of  the 
game  but  also  for  the  office. 

I  am  speaking  to-day  of  a  man  I  always  admired, 
whom  I  always  respected,  and  whose  death  was 
a  great  personal  loss.  Senator  William  B.  Mc- 
Kinley  was  in  a  class  by  himself.  Starting  a  poor 
man,  working  his  way  through  life  on  his  own 
responsibility,  he  grew  to  be  very  rich,  and  still 
his  general  appearance,  his  general  attitude  and 
deportment  would  not  indicate  that  he  was  any 
richer  when  he  was  at  the  zenith  of  his  greatness 
than  he  was  at  the  beginning  of  his  career.  He 
started  poor  and  it  was  his  ambition  to  die  poor. 

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In  politics  Senator  McKinley  was  generous  to 
everybody  and  had  a  kind  word  for  everybody. 

His  own  campaigns  were  conducted  largely  by 
his  personal  friends  who  admired  him  because  they 
knew  him  to  be  a  good,  honest,  conscientious  citi- 
zen.    His  election  or  defeat  meant  nothing  to  him. 

Like  most  men,  he  had  an  ambition  to  hold  office 
and  especially  the  one  he  cherished  so  much,  the 
office  of  Senator  of  the  United  States. 

My  relations  with  Senator  McKinley  were  based 
solely  upon  friendship.  I  took  an  interest  in  him 
because  of  that  friendship.  I  used  what  influence 
I  had  in  his  political  welfare  because  I  felt  that  he 
was  a  good  man  and  a  man  that  could  do  things 
in  the  office  to  which  he  aspired. 

In  his  first  campaign  as  United  States  Senator,  I 
managed  his  campaign  in  Peoria  County  and  he 
was  given  a  large  and  handsome  majority.  And 
Senator  McKinley  always  had  a  friendly  feeling 
for  the  city  of  Peoria  and  Peoria  always  had  a 
friendly  feeling  for  him. 

His  passing  has  been  recorded  in  the  State  of 
Illinois  with  regret  and  sorrow;  and  I  believe  as 
time  goes  on  and  as  the  history  of  the  life  of  this 
man  is  fully  written  in  the  hearts  of  men,  his 
generous  gifts,  his  donations  for  the  benefit  of  the 
generations  yet  to  come  will  be  remembered  by  a 
grateful  people  as  his  greatest  achievement  for 
the  State  he  loved  so  well. 


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WILLIAM    B.    Mc KIN LEY 


Sfofcreste  bp  &epre#entattoe  Contrail? 

Of  Texas 

Mr.  Speaker  and  Gentlemen  of  the  House: 
Those  who  have  preceded  me  have  spoken  so 
appropriately  and  accurately  of  the  life  and  char- 
acter of  Senator  McKinley  that  I  feel  it  impossible 
to  add  anything  which  will  in  any  material  respect 
change  the  estimates  that  the  public  will  place 
upon  him.  Before  coming  to  Congress  I  had  read 
of  Senator  McKinley.  One  of  my  first  recollections 
of  him  was  fixed  by  a  newspaper  account  of  his 
being  chairman  of  the  Republican  Congressional 
Committee.  To  one  who  was  interested  in  politics, 
a  young  man,  that  office  impressed  me,  of  course, 
as  one  of  great  importance.  Like  Governor 
Montague,  I,  too,  received  an  impression  of  him  as 
being  a  ponderous  personage,  with  a  loud  deep 
voice,  with  a  habit  of  thrusting  his  hands  in  the 
front  of  his  coat  and  arousing  the  multitude.  Of 
course,  when  I  met  Senator  McKinley  I  found  an 
altogether  different  type  and  different  character  of 
man,  and  I  was  not  disappointed  in  so  finding  him. 
It  seems  to  me  that  Senator  McKinley  was  a  nega- 
tion in  two  respects  of  popularly  accepted  concep- 
tions of  successful  types.  First,  he  was  a  successful 
public  man  without  any  of  the  tricks  or  devices 
which  are  commonly  associated  in  the  public  mind 
with  success  in  public  life.  He  made  no  preten- 
sions to  oratory;  he  was  not  a  spellbinder.     He 

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practiced  none  of  the  commonly  accepted  methods 
of  public  men  in  that  regard,  and  yet  he  was 
eminently  successful.  Next,  he  was  a  rich  man, 
and  yet  he  did  not  pursue  the  methods  generally 
associated  in  the  public  mind  with  men  of  great 
riches.  There  was  no  vulgar  ostentation  of  his 
wealth.  Senator  McKinley  was  essentially  a  gen- 
tle-spirited man.  He  was  quiet,  he  was  modest; 
and  when  we  contemplate  the  things  that  he 
accomplished,  the  accumulation  of  great  wealth, 
the  attainment  of  high  political  office,  I  know  of 
no  one  with  those  attributes  that  exceeded  him 
in  modesty  and  gentleness.  He  had  the  faculty 
of  going  into  matters  of  detail  with  absolute 
thoroughness. 

I  recall  having  been  on  a  trip  with  him  when  he 
spent  all  of  his  leisure  time  in  sending  post  cards 
and  mementos  and  letters  to  his  friends  back  home. 
While  the  rest  of  the  party  were  indulging  in 
amusements  Senator  McKinley  was  devoting  him- 
self to  his  friends  back  home.  It  seems  to  me 
that  the  life  of  Senator  McKinley,  his  splendid 
personal  qualities  and  his  public  accomplishments, 
ought  to  make  his  memory  a  very  lasting  one  in  the 
records  of  his  country. 

Senator  Burton  referred  to  those  who  are  of 
advanced  age  having  certain  sober  reminders  on 
occasions  like  this.  It  seems  to  me  that  the  passing 
of  a  man  like  Senator  McKinley  must  give  us  all 
occasion  to  pause  and  take  appraisement  of  our- 
selves and  of  our  public  activities.  We  come  here 
and  stand  in  this  Hall  and  on  this  floor  and  our 


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feeble  voices  ring  and  resound  in  this  Chamber  for 
a  little  while  and  then  we  are  gone.  Occasions  like 
this  might  well  impress  us  with  the  fact  that  after 
all  the  solid,  genuine  qualities  are  the  things  that 
count.  What  difference  does  it  make  when  we 
come  to  the  end  of  the  trail,  whether  we  are 
reelected  or  go  down  to  defeat  on  some  vote  that 
we  cast  in  this  House,  if  in  appraising  our  whole 
career  we  have  the  consciousness  of  having  done 
what  we  thought  was  right?  I  remember  to  have 
read  a  story  some  years  ago  of  an  old  Norwegian 
King  of  the  Middle  Ages  who  had  his  barons  at  a 
great  banquet.  They  were  quaffing  their  bumpers 
of  ale.  It  was  a  bitter  night  without.  The  storm 
raged.  The  snow  was  falling  furiously.  Suddenly 
into  the  rude  chamber  in  which  they  were  gathered 
there  flew  through  some  crack  or  crevice  in  the 
roof  a  little  bird.  Blinded  by  the  light  and  per- 
plexed, it  flew  wildly  here  and  there  and  beat 
itself  against  the  rude  beams.  Finally  it  found 
another  crevice  and  out  it  went  into  the  night 
again.  The  Norwegian  King,  advanced  in  years, 
spoke  to  his  barons  and  said: 

That  bird  is  like  a  life;  it  comes  from  out  of  the  night, 
it  flits  and  flies  around  a  little  while,  blinded  by  the 
light,  and  then  it  goes  back  out  into  the  night  again. 

Gentlemen  of  the  House,  as  we  witness  the 
passing  of  a  great  and  good  man  like  Senator 
McKinley  we  may  well  take  appraisal  of  our  own 
public  and  private  merits  and  remember  that  we 
only  flit  about  a  little  while,  our  voices  resound  in 


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this  Chamber  only  a  little  while,  and  then  we  are 
gone.  These  things  are  evanescent.  The  real 
substantial  qualities  of  honestj',  integrity,  kindness, 
gentleness,  modesty,  and  generosity  will  make  the 
life  of  Senator  McKinley  remembered  when  much 
of  what  we  do  here  in  this  Chamber  shall  have 
passed  away  and  perished. 


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Sfobretfg  by  Bepretfentatibe  Cfjtnbblom 

Of  Illinois 

Mr.  Speaker:  The  late  Hon.  William  B.  Mc- 
Kinley,  Senator  from  Illinois,  was  serving  his 
seventh  and  last  term  in  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives when  I  came  here  in  1919.  He  entered 
the  United  States  Senate  on  March  4,  1921.  Even 
before  our  association  in  the  House,  I  had  known 
Senator  McKinley  for  a  number  of  years.  For  a 
generation  he  had  been  an  outstanding  figure  in 
the  industrial  and  political  life  of  our  State.  His 
connections  were  principally  with  the  banking  and 
transportation  interests,  but  he  gave  great  attention 
as  well  to  agriculture  and  industry.  He  was 
eminently  successful  in  business  and  politics  alike. 

He  was  the  most  affable  of  men,  kindly  and 
courteous  always,  and  ever  willing  to  serve.  No 
task  was  too  small  to  receive  his  personal 
attention;  no  problem  too  large  to  receive  careful 
and  critical  analysis.  He  had  the  keen  business 
intellect  of  the  Yankee.  Good,  hard  common  sense 
characterized  his  logic.  An  interesting  and  charm- 
ing conversationalist,  he  indulged  very  little  in 
public  speech.  Even  his  campaign  talks  were 
brief,  but  always  to  the  point.  Both  privately  and 
publicly,  he  interspersed  his  speech  with  dry 
delightful  humor  which,  however,  was  never 
satirical,  but  always  entertaining.  He  made  a 
point  and  then  went  on  to  some  other  phase  of  his 
subject. 

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He  was  an  indefatigable  worker.  A  letter  or 
telephone  call  did  not  satisfy  his  efforts  to  serve 
his  constituents.  He  probably  spent  more  time  in 
the  departments,  even  at  his  ripe  age,  than  most 
of  the  young  men  in  either  House.  The  same  close 
attention  must  have  been  given  to  his  business,  in 
which  he  achieved  marvelous  success.  With  all  his 
kindliness  he  was  of  strong  will  and  unyielding 
determination.  He  amassed  a  large  fortune,  but 
used  little  of  it  for  his  personal  enjoyment.  His 
principal  pleasure  was  travel,  and  upon  his  trips 
he  invariably  had  with  him  relatives  or  friends 
whose  comforts  engaged  his  solicitude  more  than 
his  own.  He  entertained  much  in  his  home  in  the 
National  Capital  where  he  was  ably  assisted  by  his 
faithful  and  devoted  niece,  Miss  Julia  Mattis,  who 
served  here  as  his  hostess.  Members  of  the 
American  group  of  the  Interparliamentary  Union 
and  of  other  organizations  in  which  Senator 
McKinley  was  interested  have  fond  memories  of 
his  hospitality.  Many  a  good  cause  was  promoted 
by  his  genial  and  generous  sponsorship.  When  he 
passed  away  most  of  his  great  personal  fortune 
was  gone.  He  had  given  it  away.  His  benefactions 
were  many  and  varied  and  both  public  and  private. 
The  world  will  never  know  many  of  the  individuals 
who  received  financial  aid  from  him.  His  public 
generosity  extended  to  every  branch  of  public 
welfare;  universities,  colleges,  and  schools  of  every 
kind;  hospitals  and  homes  for  orphans  and  for 
the  aged;  churches  and  religious  societies  of  every 
Christian  denomination. 


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It  was  my  privilege  to  attend  his  funeral  at 
Champaign,  111.  The  whole  city  and  countryside 
observed  the  day.  Leading  citizens  from  every 
part  of  Illinois  came  to  pay  their  respects  to  his 
memory.  The  streets  were  lined  with  men, 
women,  and  children  who  stood  in  respectful 
silence  as  his  remains  were  carried  to  their  last 
resting  place.  Clergymen  and  scholars  spoke  his 
praises  in  those  soft,  tender  tones  which  always 
characterized  his  own  utterances  on  subjects  of 
personal  or  human  interest.  He  was  buried  under 
a  mountain  of  flowers  which  bore  the  message  of 
esteem  and  affection  which  filled  the  hearts  of  all 
his  friends  and  neighbors.  Senator  McKinley's 
life  was  one  worthy  of  the  emulation  of  us  all. 


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Sfobreste  bp  3&epre£entatibe  &mol& 

Of  Illinois 

Mr.  Speaker:  As  an  admirer  of  the  late  Senator 
McKinley,  I  desire  to  add  a  little  word  of  tribute 
to  his  memory  on  this  occasion.  It  was  my  good 
fortune  to  have  known  Senator  McKinley  for  a 
great  many  years.  His  father,  a  Presbyterian 
minister,  was  called  to  the  pastorate  of  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church  in  Champaign,  111.,  when 
Senator  McKinley  was  a  small  boy,  and  there  he 
grew  to  manhood  and  became  identilied  with  the 
business  and  commercial  life  of  that  community. 

When  I  was  a  student  in  the  University  of  Illinois 
in  his  home  town  of  Champaign-Urbana,  I  first 
came  in  contact  with  him  more  than  25  years  ago. 
That  was  before  he  entered  the  arena  of  national 
politics.  From  that  time  until  his  passing  away  I 
have  been  impressed  with  the  sincerity  and  sim- 
plicity of  the  man.  Ostentation  and  show  were 
foreign  to  his  make-up.  His  outstanding  personal 
attribute  was  a  meek,  mild,  and  generous  nature. 
It  has  been  well  said  that  the  best  way  to  get  an 
accurate  estimate  of  a  man  is  to  know  what  his 
friends  and  neighbors — his  home  folks — think  of 
him.  Their  estimate  goes  to  the  real  merit  of  a 
man  as  he  is,  not  as  people  sometimes  think  a 
man  is. 

He  was  loved  and  respected  by  them.  They  will 
tell  you  that  his  thoughts  were  laden  with  love  and 


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sympathy  for  human  kind;  that  his  generous 
nature  responded  readily  to  the  cry  of  the  afflicted; 
that  when  the  needy  and  distressed  turned  to  him 
for  aid  and  comfort,  his  gentle  ministrations 
smoothed  their  pathway  of  life;  that  words  of  good 
counsel  and  wholesome  advice  fell  from  his  lips, 
an  inspiration  and  encouragement  to  untold  num- 
bers in  meeting  the  stern  realities  of  life.  Such  is 
the  estimate  of  old  friends  and  neighbors. 

Before  his  entry  into  the  field  of  national  politics 
he  was  an  integral  part  of  his  community.  A  suc- 
cessful business  man  then,  his  continued  success, 
first  in  the  farm-loan  business  and  later  in  the  pub- 
lic-utility field,  brought  him  a  competency.  The 
growth  and  development  of  his  home  community 
and  the  life  of  Senator  McKinley  are  closely  inter- 
woven. He  was  deeply  concerned  in  its  business 
affairs  and  took  pride  in  watching  its  progress. 
He  added  materially  to  its  advancement  and  con- 
tributed liberally  of  his  time  and  money  to  its 
development. 

Elected  to  the  National  House  of  Representatives 
in  1901,  he  served  with  distinction  until  elected  to 
the  Senate  in  1920,  with  the  exception  of  two  years 
of  that  period,  when  the  wheel  of  political  fortune 
retired  him  from  active  participation  as  a  Member 
of  the  lower  House.  After  the  people  of  Illinois 
elected  him  to  the  Senate  he  served  with  credit  to 
himself  and  honor  to  his  country  until  his  death, 
December  7,  1926.  He  was  a  conscientious  legis- 
lator and  did  what  he  thought  was  right.  As  a 
legislator,  the  welfare  of  his  country,  as  he  saw  it, 


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was  his  guiding  star.  While  engaged  in  the  larger 
field  of  national  legislation  he  never  grew  away 
from  his  friends  at  home  nor  they  from  him.  They 
loved  and  admired  him  for  his  honesty  and  sin- 
cerity of  purpose. 

He  was  a  kindly  man,  hard  working,  well 
informed,  sincere,  a  friend  of  peace  and  good  will 
at  home  and  abroad.  He  gave  largely  of  his  means 
to  institutions  of  learning.  The  University  of 
Illinois,  located  in  his  home  community,  was  of 
special  concern  to  him.  McKinley  Memorial 
Church,  located  near  the  campus  of  the  university, 
was  a  gift  by  him  that  the  student  body  might 
receive  spiritual  light  and  religious  and  moral 
training  to  better  fit  them  to  fill  their  places  in  the 
activities  of  life.  A  half  million  dollars  was 
donated  by  him  for  the  McKinley  Hospital,  located 
on  the  university  grounds,  that  sick  and  afflicted 
students  might  have  proper  care  and  comfort. 

A  great  hobby  of  his  was  the  education  of  boys. 
He  established  a  fund  to  be  loaned  to  boys  to 
enable  them  to  complete  their  university  course. 
The  boys  were  put  on  their  honor.  If  misfortune 
overtook  them  when  they  were  out  in  the  world 
and  they  were  unable  to  repay  the  sums  advanced, 
their  obligations  were  canceled.  If  they  were  able 
to  meet  their  obligations,  the  sums  repaid  went 
into  the  revolving  fund  to  aid  and  assist  other 
worthy  boys. 

He  gave  largely  of  his  means  to  other  institutions 
of  learning.  Religious  and  eleemosynary  institu- 
tions were  the  object  of  his  lavish  bounty.     His 


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Working  Girls  Home  in  Chicago  and  the  Sarah 
Hacket  Stevenson  Home  for  Girls  in  the  same  city 
lifted  many  burdens  and  shed  rays  of  cheer,  com- 
fort, and  aid — a  boon  to  many  working  mothers 
and  girls.  He  did  not  seek  the  spotlight  of  publicity 
in  his  giving,  but  the  accomplishment  of  real 
service  to  mankind  in  his  gentle  ministrations  was 
his  dominating  thought.  A  believer  in  thrift, 
honesty,  efficiency,  and  generosity  to  the  needy  and 
unfortunate,  and  adherence  to  that  belief  by 
precept  and  example,  his  life  has  enriched  man- 
kind and  added  to  the  sum  total  of  human 
happiness. 


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gfobregg  fap  &epre*entattoe  Ifatea 

Of  Illinois 

Mr.  Speaker:  There  is  a  little  poem  that  comes  to 
us  from  our  school  days — 

Abou  Ben  Adhem  (may  his  tribe  increase!) 

Awoke  one  night  from  a  deep  dream  of  peace, 

And  saw  within  the  moonlight  in  his  room, 

Making  it  rich  and  like  a  lily  in  bloom, 

An  angel  writing  in  a  book  of  gold. 

Exceeding  peace  had  made  Ben  Adhem  bold; 

And  to  the  presence  in  the  room  he  said — 

"  What  writest  thou?  "     The  vision  raised  its  head, 

And,  with  a  look  made  of  all  sweet  accord, 

Answered  "  The  names  of  those  who  love  the  Lord." 

"And  is  mine  one?  "  said  Abou.     "  Nay,  not  so," 

Replied  the  angel.    Abou  spoke  more  low, 

But  cheerily  still;  and  said  "I  pray  thee  then 

Write  me  as  one  that  loves  his  fellow  men." 

The  angel  wrote  and  vanished.    The  next  night 

It  came  again,  with  a  great  wakening  light, 

And  showed  the  names  whom  love  of  God  had  blessed, 

And  lo!  Ben  Adhem's  name  led  all  the  rest! 

who's  WHO 

Yesterday  I  hurriedly  turned  the  pages  of  a 
number  of  volumes  of  congressional  memorial 
addresses,  and,  to  my  surprise,  discovered  that 
while,  as  a  rule,  there  were  20  addresses  concerning 
each  deceased  Member,  there  was  not  a  biograph- 
ical summary  or  synopsis  in  any  address. 

Consequently,  I  submit,  as  a  part  of  my  remarks, 
the  following  words,  which  must  be  authentic,  as 

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they  appear  in   the  great  publication  known  as 
Who's  Who  in  America : 

Senator  William  Brown  McKinley,  born  Petersburg, 
111.,  September  5, 1856,  son  of  George  and  Hannah  (Finley) 
McKinley;  student  University  of  Illinois  two  years;  mar- 
ried Kate  Frisbee,  of  Chicago,  February,  1881.  Partner 
in  banking  and  mortgage-loan  business  of  J.  B.  &  W.  B. 
McKinley  since  1877;  building  and  operating  public 
utilities  since  1885.  Member  of  Fifty-ninth  to  Sixty-second 
Congresses  (1905-1913)  and  Sixty-fourth  to  Sixty-sixth 
Congresses  (1915-1921),  nineteenth  Illinois  district;  United 
States  Senator,  term  1921-1927.  Trustee  of  University 
of  Illinois,  1902-1905.  Republican.  Clubs:  Chevy  Chase, 
Press,  and  Metropolitan  (Washington,  D.  C.) ;  Hamilton 
and  Union  League   (Chicago).     Home:  Champaign,  111. 

I  would,  if  I  could,  change  that  last  item  or  word 
and  say  not  "  Home:  Champaign,  111.,"  but  "  Home 
in  the  heart  of  countrymen." 

William  Brown  McKinley  of  course  had  many 
characteristics.  And  of  course  he  excelled  in 
some,  indeed  many,  respects. 

Quiet  solicitude  for  others;  silent  effort  to  constantly 
contribute  to  others'  comfort  and  contentment — 

Was  the  answer  a  young  lady  gave  me,  who  was 
a  member  of  a  party  who  were  Senator  McKinley's 
guests  on  a  sea  voyage  to  Panama  a  few  years  ago. 
The  young  lady  happens  to  be  my  own  daughter 
Dorothy. 

Many  men  knew  a  great  deal  about  William  B. 
McKinley. 

I,  for  one,  know  enough  of  him  and  his  charac- 
ter and  life  to  know  that  a  mighty  cloud  of  wit- 
nesses could  testify  to  the  things  he  did  to  justify 


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the  confidence  and  devotion  of  citizens  by  the 
hundred  thousand,  of  capitalists  possessing  untold 
millions  of  money,  and  by  laborers  who  always 
respected  and  deferred  to  him. 

But  I  think  I  will  always  remember  and  recall 
his  life  as  being  a  quiet  constant  effort  to  help 
others. 

His  successful  use  of  the  "  democracy  of  oppor- 
tunity" is  not  to  be  belittled  nor  is  his  life-long 
battle  to  be  belittled  whereby  he  earned  the  right 
to  enter  "  the  aristocracy  of  achievement." 

But  his  helpfulness  to  others  is  my  theme  in  this 
brief  hour. 

A  brilliant  writer  has  said  that  Chaucer  describes 
things  as  they  are,  and  Spenser  as  we  would  wish 
them  to  be,  and  Shakespeare  as  they  would  be 
under  the  conditions  supposed,  and  Milton  as  they 
ought  to  be,  and  Byron  as  they  ought  not  to  be,  and 
Shelley  as  they  never  can  be. 

This  is  simply  another  way  of  saying  that  a  great 
many  different  views  can  be  held  concerning  one 
particular  man;  as  many  views,  in  fact,  as  there 
are  different  men. 

It  so  happens  that  the  man  in  whose  honor  and 
memory  we  meet  here  to-day  was  a  many-sided 
man.  His  life  touched  a  great  many  different 
phases  of  American  existence. 

He  was  a  student,  a  store  clerk,  and  a  banker 
and  a  financier  and  a  railroader  and  an  owner  and 
operator  of  gas  plants  and  electric-light  plants  and 
electric-power  plants  and  an  interurban  railroad 
with  500  miles  of  track  in  Illinois,  and  a  $5,000,000 


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bridge  across  the  Mississippi  River.  In  addition 
he  for  years  was  a  trustee  of  the  State  University 
of  Illinois,  and  a  valuable  friend  of  that  institution. 
He  was  elected  several  times  to  that  position,  and 
later  seven  times  to  the  House  of  Representatives 
and  once  to  the  Senate  of  the  United  States. 

He  was  loyal  to  his  fraternities  and  the  church, 
including  many  acts  in  support  of  such  institutions 
as  the  Y.  M.  G.  A.  and  the  Red  Cross. 

He  was  a  man  of  accuracy.  He  knew  what  was 
needful  for  health  and  strength.  He  knew  the 
calories  he  ought  to  consume.  He  knew  the 
calories  he  did  consume  and  he  knew  the  calories 
you  ought  to  consume. 

He  was  attentive  to  all  duties,  and  equipped  and 
quick  for  all  calls  upon  his  capacities. 

I  remember  upon  one  occasion  he  told  of  how 
Judge  William  Brown,  of  Jacksonville,  Morgan 
County,  111.,  was  his  uncle,  and  it  was  from  him  he 
got  his  name,  William  Brown  McKinley. 

It  so  happened  that  the  William  Brown  was  for 
many  years  a  practicing  lawyer  and  that  during 
many  of  those  years  William  Brown's  partner  was 
my  father;  so  I  knew  the  connection  very  well. 
Perhaps  that  was  why  I  enjoyed  being  a  member 
of  the  legal  force  of  the  Illinois  Traction  System, 
in  other  words  the  McKinley  Interurban  System, 
from  1905  to  1913 — eight  years. 

In  addition  to  his  accuracy  he  was  punctual. 
Notably  so. 

He  did  not  conceive  it  to  be  his  duty  to  remain 
in  attendance  at  all  sessions  of  the  House,  but 


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whenever  the  Committee  on  Agriculture,  of  which 
he  was  a  member,  had  its  bills  before  the  House, 
Mr.  McKinley  was  in  his  place  in  the  very  heart  of 
the  committee  on  the  floor. 

He  was  not  addicted  to  either  short  or  long 
speeches.  He  told  me  once  that  he  had  a  conver- 
sation with  Ambassador  Bryce  as  the  two  were 
riding  on  a  certain  occasion  from  Chicago  to 
Springfield.     He  said  that  Ambassador  Bryce  said: 

When  I  am  talking  to  another  man  I  allow  him  to  do  a 
part  of  the  talking,  for  in  that  way  I  learn  something, 
whereas  if  I  did  all  the  talking  myself  I  would  not  learn. 

Mr.  McKinley  seemed  always  to  be  at  leisure 
when  in  the  House,  and  on  campaigns  talked  to  a 
great  many  men  and  women  and  always  seemed 
to  have  plenty  of  time  to  do  so. 

I  have  heard  him  say,  "  Why,  I  have  nothing  to 
do,"  when  I  knew  that  he  had  many  and  many  a 
thing  to  do. 

He  relied  upon  his  office  force  to  do  a  great  many 
things,  and  his  office  organization  was  perfect.  If 
he  felt  inclined  to  put  in  a  whole  half  day  with 
some  new  Member  advising  and  suggesting  things, 
he  seemed  to  have  had  no  difficulty  in  getting  away 
from  the  office. 

Mr.  McKinley  was  most  modest.  He  would  often 
stand  back  and  call  upon  another  to  speak.  I 
remember  one  night  when  there  was  a  meeting  of 
the  battery  at  Bissen  south  of  Ettelbruck  which  is 
south  of  Diekerch,  Belgium  (the  battery  was  the 
Springfield  (111.)  battery  and  part  of  the  Thirty- 
third  Division  of  the  A.  E.  F.),  Mr.  John  H.  Harri- 


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WILLIAM    B.    McKINLEY 


son,  of  Danville,  111.,  who  with  Hon.  Martin  B. 
Madden  and  Mr.  McKinley  and  myself  had  been 
traveling  together,  was  introduced  to  the  boys  by 
Mr.  McKinley  and  spoke  most  briefly.  I  did  the 
same  and  it  left  the  situation  such  that  Mr. 
McKinley  had  to  speak  at  greater  length  than 
usual.    It  was  a  gem  of  a  speech. 

It  was  not  sad  although  it  reminded  the  boys 
that  for  every  one  of  them  there  was  a  service  flag 
hanging  in  a  window  back  in  Illinois. 

It  was  patriotic  and  cordial  and  all  together  a 
lovely  expression  of  a  heart  just  full. 

He  had  intense  emotions.  On  the  next  day  I  saw 
the  tears  standing  in  his  eyes  as  the  whole  Thirty- 
third  Division  came  down  a  drill  ground  5  miles 
long.  Thirty  thousand  men  of  Illinois  passed 
before  General  Pershing  and  the  Crown  Prince  of 
Belgium,  and  General  Harbord  and  General  Dawes 
and  the  Secretary  of  War  and  Congressman 
Madden,  and  McKinley's  eyes  were  not  the  only 
ones  wet  when  the  seven  regimental  bands  played 
the  marching  song  Illinois. 

He  loved  young  people  and  wanted  to  help  and 
did  help  in  a  hundred  ways. 

When  his  funeral  occurred  at  Champaign  stu- 
dents and  young  people  came  from  every  quarter 
to  testify  how  he  had  helped  them. 

I  know  that  the  verbal  tributes  of  this  hour  will 
be  scores  in  number,  and  that,  on  an  appropriate 
day,  a  score  of  Senators  will  add  their  testimonies; 
so  I  will  confine  myself  to  emphasizing  the  fact 
that  he  "  was  one  who  loved  his  fellow  men." 


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I,  myself,  can  well  recall,  with  interest  and  grati- 
tude, that  during  the  six  weeks  from  April  1  to 
May  10,  1919,  in  France  and  Belgium,  it  was  an 
almost  daily  occurrence  that  McKinley  would  do 
some  personal  thing  for  me,  which  I  was  entirely 
capable  of  doing  myself,  just  in  order  to  contribute 
to  my  equipment  or  efficiency  during  those  trying 
trips  of  10  hours  a  day  by  Army  automobile  which 
a  number  of  us  Members  took.  For  example,  one 
rainy  morning  at  6,  I  found  that  certain  things, 
particularly  my  travel  checks,  or  American  Express 
checks,  were  missing  from  my  haversack,  and  I 
rushed  rather  frantically  around  Paris  trying  to 
locate  a  minister  of  the  gospel  who  had  helped  me 
in  my  packing  the  night  before. 

I  went  miles  across  the  city,  to  the  hotel  of  this 
minister,  namely  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  waked  up  him 
(and  others),  then  rushed  around  to  other  points, 
all  in  vain,  wrapped  up  for  the  day's  200  miles  of 
travel,  dashed  up  to  our  Army  automobile  at  8, 
only  to  find  that  McKinley  also  had  been  busy  and 
been  over  half  of  Paris  to  locate  my  checks,  which 
all  the  time  were  securely  hiding  in  my  haversack 
which  I  had  carefully  not  unpacked  at  sunrise 
because  my  minister  friend  had  too  carefully 
packed  it,  money  and  all,  the  night  before.  In 
spite  of  all  the  effort,  McKinley  never  scolded  or 
criticized,  was  perfectly  calm  and  said,  "  Oh,  very 
well " — his  favorite  expression  and  conclusion. 

McKinley  is  substantially  described  in  a  few 
sentences  which  impressed  me  when  I  found  them 
in  the  Congressional  Record  of  February  13,  1921, 


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uttered   by   Congressman   Collier,   of  Mississippi, 
concerning  a  colleague,  namely: 

He  was  not  one  who  sought  the  spotlight,  and  there  was 
little  of  the  spectacular  about  him.  He  seemed  to  care 
little  for  the  "  hilarious  applause  of  men,"  but  by  the 
dignity  of  his  manner,  the  earnestness  of  his  every  under- 
taking, and  the  rectitude  of  his  conduct,  he  ever  strove, 
by  all  his  acts,  to  gain  their  sound,  sober  approval. 

His  fearless  nature,  his  independent  spirit,  his 
innate  modesty,  his  rugged  honesty,  and  his 
splendid  judgment  and  keen  insight  were  recog- 
nized by  all  who  knew  him. 

CONCLUSION 

Under  the  headline  "A  Man  Passes,"  the  Decatur 
Herald  said: 

The  thoughts  of  thousands  of  his  friends  were  not  of 
the  politician,  the  railroad  builder,  or  the  financier,  but 
of  the  little  man  himself,  who  had  the  simplest  tastes, 
loved  home  folk,  and  liked  to  give  away  his  money. 
Death,  when  it  came,  found  a  man  who  had  enjoyed  most 
of  the  good  things  of  life,  and  had  enjoyed  them  in  vol- 
untary moderation,  one  who  had  received  many  honors 
and  bore  them  modestly,  one  who  fought  hard  and  never 
carried  a  grudge  for  long,  one  who  had  been  flattered, 
feted,  and  praised,  and  was  shrewd  enough  to  distinguish 
between  those  who  lauded  him  for  what  he  had  done,  and 
those  who  loved  him  for  what  he  was. 


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gubreag  bp  &epre#entattoe  £s>abatfj 

Of  Illinois 

Mr.  Speaker:  We  are  here  to-day  to  pay  tribute 
to  the  memory  of  a  man  who  was  not  only  an 
outstanding  statesman  but  America's  foremost 
humanitarian.  I  believe,  Mr.  Speaker,  that  there 
are  only  a  few  Members  in  the  House  who  have 
served  with  him  for  a  longer  number  of  years  than 
I  have. 

When  I  entered  the  House,  20  years  ago,  it  was 
generally  recognized  throughout  the  country  that 
the  State  of  Illinois  had  the  strongest  and  most 
influential  delegation  in  the  House.  Joseph  G. 
Cannon,  whom  we  laid  at  eternal  rest  a  short  time 
ago,  was  the  Speaker;  James  R.  Mann  was  the 
actual  floor  leader;  there  were  Boutel,  Caldwell, 
former  Governor  Lowden,  Henry  T.  Rainey,  and 
Martin  B.  Madden,  who  are  still  rendering  our  State 
and  Nation  a  great  service,  and  the  two  colleagues 
whose  memory  we  have  assembled  here  to-day  to 
pay  tribute  to  were  the  outstanding  Members 
representing  at  that  time  the  State  of  Illinois  in 
this  House. 

I  am  indeed  pleased  that  I  have  had  the  oppor- 
tunity from  the  very  beginning  of  my  service  to 
have  met  and  become  acquainted  with  William  B. 
McKlnley,  who  later  on  was  honored  by  the  people 
of  Illinois,  and  who  served  his  State  with  credit 
and  distinction  in  the  upper  legislative  branch.  I 
am  indeed  gratified  that  my  intercourse  with  him 

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WILLIAM    B.    McKINLEY 


did  not  cease  after  he  became  a  Member  of  the 
Senate,  as  he  continued  to  serve  as  chairman  of 
the  Interparliamentary  Union,  of  which  organiza- 
tion I  was  the  treasurer — and  a  member  of  the 
executive  committee — and  in  that  way  came  fre- 
quently in  contact  with  him.  As  time  progressed 
my  admiration  for  him  gradually  increased  as  I 
found  him  to  be  one  of  the  kindest,  noblest,  and 
most  patriotic  humanitarians,  not  only  in  the 
Capitol  but  I  believe  in  the  Nation.  He  was  one 
of  the  most  modest,  sweetest,  and  retiring  charac- 
ters I  have  ever  known.  I  recall  about  14  years 
ago,  I  believe  it  was  in  1912,  when  the  great 
advocate  of  universal  peace,  Count  Lutzo,  visited 
America.  Being  familiar  with  the  underlying 
motives  of  his  visit  and  being  desirous  to  bring 
home  to  the  Congress  and  the  American  people  the 
principles  that  he  advocated,  I  endeavored  to 
secure  unanimous  consent  that  he  might  address 
the  House  on  the  subject  of  universal  peace.  This 
privilege  has  not  been  accorded  in  the  past  but  to 
two  foreigners.  They  were  representatives  of  their 
governments;  but  Count  Lutzo  was  opposed  by  his 
government  and  was  here  merely  as  an  individual 
invited  by  some  universities  to  deliver  lectures  on 
that  noble  and  vital  question.  The  principle  that 
he  advocated  was  not  generally  known  or  under- 
stood in  America.  But  he  and  the  present  President 
of  the  Czechoslovak  Republic  had  foreseen  the 
threatening  clouds  that  they  felt  might  engulf  the 
world  and  were  endeavoring  to  impress  America 
as  to  that  approaching  danger.  Realizing  that 
danger,  I  refused  to  desist  in  bringing  before  the 


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American  people  the  views  that  were  entertained 
by  these  students,  historians,  and  philosophers,  and 
therefore  continued  my  efforts  to  secure  the  privi- 
lege for  Count  Lutzo  to  address  this  House. 

I  canvassed  the  situation  and  found  more  or 
less  opposition  to  the  granting  of  this  high 
privilege  to  this  advocate  of  universal  peace. 
When  I  explained  the  situation  to  that  peace- 
loving  man,  Senator  McKinley,  he  immediately 
became  interested  and  worked  incessantly  until 
he  eliminated  every  objection  from  every  source 
and  made  it  possible  that  unanimous  consent  be 
granted.  From  that  time  on  I  have  closely 
followed  his  activities  and  at  all  times  found  him 
ever  ready  and  ever  willing  to  aid  the  cause  of 
humanity,  working  for  peace  and  harmony  among 
the  people  and  the  nations  of  the  world. 

Not  only  is  he  mourned  by  the  people  of  his 
district,  his  State,  and  our  country,  but  by  the 
representatives  of  every  parliament  in  all  the 
enlightened  nations. 

His  activities  as  chairman  of  the  Interparlia- 
mentary Union  have  been  fully  explained  by  the 
gentleman  from  Ohio  [Mr.  Burton],  the  gentleman 
from  Virginia  [Mr.  Montague],  and  others. 

Therefore  I  shall  only  give  brief  outline  of  the 
Interparliamentary  Union's  aim. 

The  Interparliamentary  Union  has  for  its  aims 
the  uniting  in  common  action  the  members  of  all 
parliaments  constituted  in  national  groups  in  order 
to  bring  about  the  acceptance  in  their  respective 
countries,  either  by  legislation  or  by  international 
treaties,  of  the  principle  that  differences  between 

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WILLIAM    B.    Mc  KIN LEY 


nations  should  be  settled  by  arbitration  or  in  other 
ways  either  amicable  or  judicial.  It  likewise  has 
for  its  aim  the  study  of  other  questions  of  inter- 
national law  and  in  general  of  all  problems 
relating  to  the  development  of  peaceful  relations 
between  nations. 

I  am  indeed  grateful  that  I  have  been  placed  in 
a  position  where  I  could  be  associated  with  him  in 
this  splendid  work  which  he  has  carried  on  against 
great  odds  for  many,  many  j^ears. 

In  William  B.  McKinley  the  State,  the  Nation, 
and  the  world  lost  a  sincere  advocate  of  peace. 

Peace  was  nearest  and  dearest  to  his  noble 
heart. 

PEACE 

And  they  shall  beat  their  swords  into  plowshares,  and 
their  spears  into  pruning  hooks.  Nation  shall  not  lift  up 
sword  against  nation,  neither  shall  they  learn  war  any 
more.     (Isaiah,  ii,  4.) 


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gfobregg  bp  &epre£entatibe  &atpone 

Of  Illinois 

Mr.  Speaker:  I  rise  to  pay  my  tribute  to  the 
memory  of  a  distinguished  son  of  Illinois  whom  I 
was  privileged  to  call  friend,  Senator  William  B. 
McKinley. 

He  was  a  worthy  son  of  our  great  State.  Sprung 
from  her  soil,  closely  identified  with  her  life  by  his 
ancestry,  we  are  proud  to  claim  him  as  our  own, 
and  we  feel  that  in  his  career  he  exemplified  the 
highest  traditions  of  public  service  and  the  finest 
spirit  of  the  people  of  our  Commonwealth. 

But  he  was  something  more  than  a  representa- 
tive of  a  single  State.  He  belonged  to  the  Nation. 
For  many  years  he  served  in  the  House  of  Bepre- 
sentatives  and  later  in  the  Senate  of  the  United 
States  with  entire  devotion  to  the  best  interests  of 
all  the  people  and  left  behind  him  in  his  public 
services  a  legacy  which  a  grateful  Nation  will  not 
forget. 

Senator  McKinley  was  not  a  brilliant  orator 
swaying  multitudes  or  captivating  Senates.  He 
was  a  business  man  in  politics,  sagacious,  steady, 
and  stanch.  It  takes  various  types  of  men  to 
make  a  rounded  legislative  body,  and  McKinley 
contributed  much  to  the  work  of  Congress  by  his 
sage  counsel  and  business  efficiency.  He  was  of 
the  substantial  type  of  man,  solid,  enduring, 
reliable  in  all  things. 

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WILLIAM    B.    McKINLEY 


There  was  a  certain  Scotch  bluntness  about  the 
man.  He  never  hedged  or  dodged,  much  less  did 
he  pretend  a  friendship  or  a  feeling  that  was  not 
genuine.  He  spoke  the  truth  and  gave  expression 
to  his  honest  thought,  or  he  was  silent.  Sincerity 
was  one  of  his  distinguishing  traits. 

Loyalty  was  another.  He  was  a  party  man  and 
he  felt  most  strongly  the  obligation  of  party  regu- 
larity. Fealty  to  his  party  was  deeply  ingrained  in 
his  nature,  so  as  to  have  become  almost  a  religious 
conviction. 

But  not  only  was  he  faithful  to  his  party,  he  was 
supremely  loyal  to  his  friends.  He  seemed  to 
grapple  them  to  his  soul  with  hooks  of  steel.  His 
friends  recognized  and  appreciated  this  trait  of  his 
character. 

For  this  reason  he  had  a  great  host  of  sustaining 
friends,  who  believed  in  him,  trusted  him,  and 
loved  him.  His  friendships,  like  ivy,  were  the 
growth  of  years.  He  proved  by  his  life  the  truth  of 
Emerson's  word — 

To  have  a  friend  you  must  first  be  one. 

He  combined  a  cool  head  with  a  warm  heart 
There  was  never  a  trace  of  arrogance  about  him. 
In  the  moment  of  triumph,  in  the  flush  of  victory, 
he  was  always  modesty  itself.  He  did  good  almost 
blushingly.  His  acts  of  benevolence  were  per- 
formed in  silence,  with  a  certain  shyness,  which 
evinced  more  clearly  than  words  that  the  benefits 
he  bestowed  were  for  the  love  of  the  doing  and  not 
for  any  expectation  of  reward.  His  friends  were 
not  bought,  but  were  won,  and  so  his  memory  will 


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always  be  cherished  and  the  multitude  of  those 
who  love  him  living  will  not  cease  to  love  him  dead. 

He  was  one  of  the  most  genial  of  companions, 
one  of  the  most  delightful  of  hosts.  No  detail  that 
could  contribute  to  the  comfort  and  happiness  of 
his  guests  was  ever  overlooked  by  him.  They  were 
warmed  and  cheered  not  only  by  the  fireside  of 
his  home  but  at  the  fireside  of  his  heart.  Instinc- 
tively everyone  felt  that  here  was  a  man  who 
enjoyed  being  a  host  and  who  wanted  everyone  to 
enjoy  being  a  guest. 

He  was  the  finest  type  of  the  successful  American 
business  man  whose  nature  was  never  spoiled,  or 
even  impaired,  by  his  fortune.  Wealth  in  his  esti- 
mation was  chiefly  to  be  valued  for  the  opportunity 
it  afforded  its  possessor  of  doing  good. 

The  genuine  obligations  of  wealth  were  never 
more  clearly  recognized  by  any  man  than  by  him. 
He  held  his  fortune  as  a  trust,  as  it  were,  for  the 
benefit  and  the  blessing  of  his  fellow  men. 

How  many  a  struggling  church  or  college,  how 
many  a  person  in  distress,  how  many  of  the  young 
at  the  outset  of  their  careers,  when  a  little  money 
meant  a  start  that  might  lead  to  success,  have  him 
to  thank  for  his  generous  and  timely  aid. 

His  beneficences  were  part  of  his  very  self.  He 
scattered  blessings  along  the  pathway  of  life.  He 
donated  a  fortune,  acquired  by  his  industry  and 
sagacity.  But,  more  than  that,  his  generosity  was 
not  that  of  money  only,  for  he  gave  himself. 

His  manner  was  never  effusive,  but  he  was  by 
nature    one    of    the    kindliest   of   men.     A    cold- 


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william  b.  Mckinley 


blooded  McKinley  would  have  been  no  McKinley 
at  all.  He  took  as  much  pains  to  conceal  his  acts 
of  kindness  and  generosity  as  many  other  men  do  to 
herald  them  abroad.  He  seemed  to  feel  that  little 
acts  of  benevolence  were  well-nigh  as  important  as 
great  gifts,  for  after  all  we  are  apt  to  find  that 
such  are — 

Perhaps  the  best  part  of  a  good  man's  life, 
The  little  nameless,  unremembered  acts 
Of  kindness  and  of  love. 

He  never  sought  to  rise  on  the  ruins  of  others. 
In  his  political  contests  there  was  no  trace  of 
vindictiveness.  In  the  midst  of  the  conflict,  in 
victory,  as  in  defeat,  he  was  always  without  malice. 

This  kindliness  of  nature  was  all  the  more  beau- 
tiful because  there  was  a  granite  wall  behind.  He 
had  firmness  without  obstinacy. 

His  interest  in  humanity  found  ever  larger  scope 
and  expression  as  the  years  went  by.  His  outlook 
broadened  and  his  sympathy  for  humanity  became 
as  wide  as  the  world.  Hence  his  deep  interest  in 
the  Interparliamentary  Union,  of  which  organiza- 
tion he  became  the  head.  No  doubt  he  felt  that 
in  this  body  of  representative  men  and  women 
there  was  a  force  at  work  for  closer  cooperation 
among  nations  and  the  assurance  of  peace  for  the 
world.  Unquestionably,  he  cherished  the  hope  that 
this  organization  would  hasten  the  day  of  which 
the  poet  dreamed — 

When  the  war  drums  throb  no  longer  and  the  battle  flags 

are  furled 
In  the  parliament  of  man,  the  federation  of  the  world. 

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His  life  came  to  its  close  abruptly,  amid  the 
gloom  of  defeat,  in  the  torture  of  the  body,  and 
the  blighted  hopes  of  the  soul,  and  so  the  tragedy 
of  his  death  has  added  a  touch  of  sympathy  to  the 
affection  felt  for  him  by  the  host  of  friends  who 
mourn  his  loss. 

And  now  we  pay  our  final  tribute  above  his 
grave.  Able  statesman,  true  American,  dear  old 
friend,  we  take  our  sad  and  proud  farewell. 

Mr.  William  E.  Hull  assumed  the  chair. 


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WILLIAM    B.    McKINLEY 


3bbre*£  by  &epre*entatibe  Written 

Of  Illinois 

Mr.  Speaker  and  Gentlemen  of  the  House: 
During  14  years  of  Washington  political  life  it  has 
been  my  very  good  fortune  to  know  and  to  under- 
stand Senator  McKinley  as  few  men  on  Capitol 
Hill  have,  and  our  association  during  that  time  has 
been  so  varied  that  it  was  possible  for  me  to  see 
almost  every  side  of  the  character  of  this  plain, 
kindly  man  who  has  so  unostentatiously  labored 
for  his  fellow  men. 

The  great  financial  and  political  success  of 
Senator  McKinley  never  in  the  slightest  degree 
changed  his  character,  his  homely  ways,  or  his 
sympathetic  interest  in  the  little  things  which  make 
life  so  dear  to  all  of  us.  No  so-called  "little" 
favor  or  courtesy  was  too  small  to  attract  the 
Senator's  personal  charge,  nor  did  he  ever  hesitate 
to  take  personal  heed  and  real  pleasure  in  seeing 
that  the  little  things  were  well  done. 

Some  years  ago,  when  the  Senator  headed  the 
American  group  of  the  Interparliamentary  Union 
to  the  Interparliamentary  Conference  at  Stock- 
holm, Sweden,  I  distinctly  recall  that  it  was  he  who 
personally  looked  after  railroad  tickets,  hotel 
accommodations,  sight-seeing  comforts,  as  well  as 
the  individual  pleasures  of  our  entire  delegation, 
rather  than  taking  the  slightest  chance  of  some- 
thing going  wrong,  to  the  displeasure  of  some  one 
in  our  group.    The  Senator  was  the  first  to  arise 

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in  the  morning  and  usually  the  last  to  retire  at 
night.  He  watched  over  his  little  party  as  a  kindly 
mother  would  care  for  her  children,  and  this  was 
the  Senator's  natural  and  constant  character.  He 
was  so  lovable,  so  kindly,  so  self-sacrificing,  and 
with  it  all  so  modest  that  few  people  really 
appreciated  his  actual  accomplishments. 

Senator  McKinley  had  a  personal  acquaintance 
with  more  world  statesmen  and  politicians  than 
any  other  man  or  woman  in  the  United  States,  and 
his  personal  direction  of  the  American  group  of 
the  Interparliamentary  Union  for  many  years  past, 
as  its  president,  has  done  much  for  a  better 
understanding  among  the  parliamentarians  of  the 
world.  His  passing  out  of  this  life  leaves  a  vacancy 
in  the  Interparliamentary  Union  which  will  be 
very,  very  hard  to  fill. 

Senator  McKinley  was  not  an  orator,  nor  was  he 
what  is  ordinarily  called  a  statesman,  yet  many 
men  of  both  of  these  types  of  national  figures 
called  upon  him  for  advice  and  counsel.  His 
judgment  was  regarded  as  sound,  and  he  was  an 
invaluable  Member  of  the  House  of  Representatives 
and  of  the  Senate  of  the  United  States. 

The  passing  away  of  Senator  McKinley  is  a 
distinct  loss  to  the  State  of  Illinois  as  well  as  to  the 
Union.  He  was  a  national  character  in  the  very 
finest  and  highest  sense. 


Mr.  Britten  resumed  the  chair. 


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WILLIAM    B.    McKINLEY 


Sfobreft*  by  &enre£entattue  JHcHeoton 

Of  Oklahoma 

Mr.  Speaker:  When  the  delegation  from  Okla- 
homa, like  the  delegation  from  Illinois  to-day,  was 
paying  tribute  to  one  of  our  colleagues  who  had 
passed  on,  we  were  pleasantly  surprised  at  the 
entrance  into  the  Hall  of  Hon.  William  B.  McKin- 
ley,  of  Illinois.  We  asked  him  if  he  wished  to  say 
a  word  about  our  deceased  colleague.  He  pro- 
ceeded to  pay  him  a  tribute.  We  had  never  known 
him  very  closely,  but  the  gratitude  of  Oklahoma 
went  out  to  that  great  man  of  Illinois.  So  I  am 
pleased  at  this  moment  to  have  this  opportunity  in 
turn  to  pay  a  tribute  to  the  character  and  worth  of 
Senator  William  B.  McKinley.  Since  listening  to 
these  tributes  to  his  character  I  am  convinced  that 
God  gave  him  to  Illinois  and  to  the  country  as  a 
living  example  of  what  men  who  are  fortunate  in 
the  accumulation  of  great  wealth  should  do  with 
that  wealth.  I  believe  from  what  has  been  said 
that  when  the  black  camel  knelt  at  his  tent  to  carry 
him  across  the  Divide,  he  believed  as  I  believe  that 
not  by  what  we  do  here,  but  that  through  the  death 
of  Jesus,  who  to  me  has  come  and  to  some  is  to 
come,  shall  we  enter  into  that  life  above.  I  agree 
with  the  gentleman  from  Ohio,  Senator  Burton — I 
do  not  believe  that  here  is  the  last  of  a  man  nor  the 
last  of  his  efforts  or  his  work. 


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The  Speaker  pro  tempore.  In  accordance  with 
the  resolution  heretofore  adopted,  the  House  will 
stand  adjourned. 

Accordingly  (at  1  o'clock  and  15  minutes,  p.  m.) 
the  House  adjourned  until  to-morrow,  Monday, 
February  7, 1927,  at  12  o'clock  noon. 


Monday,  February  28,  1927. 
A  message  from  the  Senate,  by  Mr.  Craven,  its 
principal  clerk,  announced  that  the  Senate  had 
passed  the  following  resolutions : 

Resolved,  That  the  Senate  has  heard  with  profound 
sorrow  of  the  death  of  Hon.  William  B.  McKinley, 
late  a  Senator  from  the  State  of  Illinois. 

Resolved,  That  as  a  mark  of  respect  to  the  memory 
of  the  deceased  the  business  of  the  Senate  be  now  sus- 
pended to  enable  his  associates  to  pay  tribute  to  his 
high  character  and  distinguished  public  services. 

Resolved,  That  the  Secretary  communicate  these 
resolutions  to  the  House  of  Representatives  and  trans- 
mit a  copy  thereof  to  the  family  of  the  deceased. 

Resolved,  That  as  a  further  mark  of  respect  to  the 
memory  of  the  deceased  the  Senate  do  now  adjourn. 


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